Sketch of Combs design by Malene Barnett for Afritex
date: label: Date
content: 1997
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 "Combs" fabric design, designed by Male Djenaba Barnett for Afritex. The sketch is made from black ink on paper and six squares of paper with the same drawing taped together. The sketch is of two hair picks beside each other with one of the picks is facing downward. At the top of each pick is a head with a lined design below it. The design on the upwards facing pick on the left has three vertical lines at the top with two half circles below it that is framed by three horizontal lines. The design on the downwards facing pick on the right has two half circles at the center framed by two horizontal lines above it and three below it. The background of the sketch has four rows of different lined designs. The design in the first and third rows have two rows of diagonal lines that meet in the middle forming an arrow shape pointing to the left. The second and fourth rows have two rows of diagonal rectangles that meet in the middle forming an arrow shape pointing to the left. On the back of the sketch at the top right side is [Cha] handwritten in black pen.
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: 2025.18.16
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 and tape
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 1/16 × 6 1/8 in. (23 × 15.6 cm)