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Asante

Dye Stamp for Adinkra Cloth

Asante, 1900

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Asante

Dye Stamp for Adinkra Cloth

Asante, 1900

Physical Qualities Gourd, raffia-palm stalks, cloth, ink, 11.7 H x 6.5 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of Mona Gavigan, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 2000.437
Gourd base with incised designs on outside surface; with bamboo holder wrapped in cloth; entirely encrusted with dye. Design: NSOROMMA (star) within a circle with fourteen triangular projections.
"Meditations on African Art: PATTERN," Mar 12, 2008-Aug 17, 2008, BMA, Karen Milbourne.

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