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Man's wrapper
African, Ghana
20th century
Object Place: Ghana
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave, hand-stamped with badie bark dye and embroidered with silk (strip woven)
Dimensions
Overall: 340.4 x 218.4 cm (134 x 86 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Jeremy and Hanne Grantham
Accession Number2005.83
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Africa and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionMan's wrapper of white cotton trade cloth Adrinka stamped with black dye from badie bark with the design osrane which stands for the Ghanaian proverb, "It takes the moon some time to go round the nation." Embroidered with polychrome silk between bands of cotton.
ProvenancePurchased from Baba Muhama, Accra, Ghana by the MFA, February 23, 2005