Sketch of Mangbetu 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: Sketch of the "Mangbetu" fabric design, designed by Male Djenaba Barnett for Afritex. The sketch is drawn on tissue paper using pencil and brown crayon. The design is of two profiles of a woman wearing a striped headwrap connected together. There are two rows of the design on the sketch. In the top row of the design the heads are facing upwards and on the second row they are facing downwards. There are four lines around the design creating a square border. Written at the top right corner is the word [TOP]. There are multiple creases on each side of the paper. There is a piece of the paper torn off on the bottom left side. There are tears along each edge of the paper.
place: label: Place made
content: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Central 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
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2025.18.14
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: graphite and crayons on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 3/8 × 9 15/16 in. (23.8 × 25.2 cm)