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$lapa cloth$

African Artist Unknown

lapa cloth

ca. 1960s

Hand-dyed lapa cloth: dark indigo border, thin blue stipe, and resist from batik resist of pale blue triple zigzag line patterns. Kola (orange dye) and indigo (blue) dyes on cotton damask. Blue is probably from indigo, but pale.

The object was made in Liberia, Africa.

Accession No.: 2006.013.036

Category: Ethnographic

Object Type: Ethnographic Objects

Object Height/Width: Size 170.18 x 107.32 cm (67 x 42 1/4 in)

Material/Technique: cotton (fiber)

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