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Commemorative cloth with the portrait of the 38th Oba of Benin Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa I
African, Nigerian
2016
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave roller printed
Dimensions
Length x width: 184.2 × 111.8 cm (72 1/2 × 44 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Doris May
Accession Number2017.511
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Africa and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
Description"Wax resist" printed cotton with the portrait of the 38th Oba of Benin Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa I and dates 1979-2016. Written on selvedge "Guaranteed Veritable Wax 3684".
ProvenanceBy 2016, purchased at a market in Nigeria by Jean Borgatti (Professor of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Benin), Benin City, Nigeria; 2017, sold by Borgatti to Kathryn Gunsch for the MFA. (Accession date: May 24, 2017)