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Patterned Bark Cloth (Olubugo Olutone)

Unknown, 1966

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Baganda

Patterned Bark Cloth (Olubugo Olutone)

Unknown, 1966

Physical Qualities Bark, pigment, 81 1/2 × 72 7/16 in. (207 × 184 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Phyllis K. and A. Harvey Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number 1993.194
painted and stamped designs in black on a red ochre ground: four nested rectangles bounded by double lines and filled with painted triangular and stamped semi-circular designs
Kevin Tervala, "The Matter of Bark Cloth," Baltimore Museum of Art, May 7-October 1, 2023.

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