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Textile length
United Nigeria Textiles Limited (UNTL) (Nigerian)
African, Nigerian
about 2004
Object Place: Nigeria
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave, wax resisted and printed
Dimensions
Overall: 182.9 x 116.8 cm (72 x 46 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Jeremy and Hanne Grantham
Accession Number2005.66
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Africa and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles – Resist – Combination
DescriptionApparel fabric wax resisted and printed with horiztonal registers of a woman's leg from below the knee; she wears fish-net stockings and a high-heeled shoe; blue background pattern with leg in red and blue divided by red bands; Selvedge printed: "UNTL Veritable UNTL Wax A6791," paper label: "Guaranteed Real Wax Prints, 100% cotton"
ProvenancePurchased in Makola market, Accra, by the MFA, February 23, 2005