Kanga (United Nations Decade for Women Conference)
Unidentified Kenyan maker
1985
Cotton (?) textile, commercial dyes
Overall: 41 3/4 × 66 1/8 in. (106 × 168 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mary Ann Cadwallader
2005.73
Geography
Place Made: Nairobi, Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Textile
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, in textile, lower center: UN DECADE FOR WOMEN CONFERENCE / JULY 1985, NAIROBI / KENYA.
Provenance
Mary Ann Cadwallader, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2005.
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