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Length of fabric
African (Mozambique)
early 21st century
Object Place: Mozambique, Africa
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave, printed
Dimensions
Height x width: 43 3/4 x 69 in. (111.1 x 175.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Christraud M. Geary
Accession Number2010.62
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CollectionsContemporary Art, Africa and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDark blue textile with yellow stripes, rows of blue and white Maasai shields and yellow arrows on blue and dark red ground. Selvedge printed: "MBS NO 3872."
ProvenanceBefore about 2003, purchased in Mozambique by Henrietta Dax, owner of Clarke's Book Store, Cape Town, South Africa; about 2003 or 2004, purchased from Dax by Christraud M. Geary, Medford, MA, at African Studies Association meetings, Boston or New Orleans; gift of Geary to the MFA. (Accession date: February 24, 2010)