Sketch of Oware design by Malene Barnett for Afritex
date: label: Date
content: April 2, 1998
name: label: Designed by
content: Malene Djenaba Barnett, American
label: Created by
content: Afritex, American, founded 1995
notes: label: Description
content: A sketch of the "Oware" fabric design, designed by Male Djenaba Barnett for Afritex. The sketch is done with black, green, and gold ink on white paper. There are annotations around the design in blue and black ink. At the center of the paper is the sketch of the Oware design which consists of seventeen rectangles in three rows. The left and right sides of the rectangles are connected to the rectangle next to it and each rectangle has eight circles inside of them. The rectangles alternate between three shades of green and they all are outlined in gold.The circles inside of the rectangles are also outlined in gold. The background around the rectangles also alternate between three different shades of green. At the top right corner is the date [April-02-98] written in black ink. There is a staple at the top left corner. There is a crease along the bottom of the paper where it was previously folded.
place: label: Place made
content: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Malene Djenaba Barnett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2025.18.13
objectType: label: Type
content: sketches
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Afritex
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 7/8 × 9 in. (30.2 × 22.9 cm)