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Textile length
Printed by: GTP, Inc.
African, Ghana
about 2004
Object Place: Ghana
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave, wax resisted and printed
Dimensions
Overall: 182.9 x 121.9 cm (72 x 48 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Jeremy and Hanne Grantham
Accession Number2005.73
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Africa and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles – Resist – Combination
DescriptionLength of wax resist printed in indigo with falling tree design representing the Ghanian proverb, "Adu kor gye ehum a obu." or "A single tree may fall during a storm but many trees are protected." Selvedge printed: "GTP Guaranteed Real Wax printed in Ghana 16226"
ProvenancePurchased in Ghanaian market by the MFA, February 23, 2005