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Thumbnail-size images of copyrighted artworks are displayed under fair use, in accordance with guidelines recommended by the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts, published by the College Art Association in February 2015.
Textile length
possibly Chinese
about 2004
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave, wax resisted and printed
Dimensions
Overall: 182.9 x 120 cm (72 x 47 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Jeremy and Hanne Grantham
Accession Number2005.67
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles – Resist – Combination
DescriptionLength of apparel fabric, wax resisted and printed with pen design of alternating rectangles enclosing blue, red and yellow ball-point pen; rectangles decorated with green background and yellow pinstripe alternate with rectangles with red background and blue check lattice; Selvedge printed: "Auden Veritable Real Wax"; original paper label printed: "Guaranteed Real Wax, Auden, Manchester England, Produced in Accordance with British Patent NO. 2285064."
ProvenancePurchased in Makola market, Accra, by the MFA, February 23, 2005