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  • Printing Block (India), late 19th–early 20th century

    Block of delicately carved wood in an intricate allover design of curved lines connecting circles. Remaining spaces are filled in with a flower and dot design.

  • Wrapper (Nigeria), early 20th century

    Woman’s wrapper with a large-scale design of two columns of squares, each criss-crossed by diagonal lines. Field of small white circles. In white on a deep blue ground.

  • Textile (Nigeria), early 20th century

    Long strip of woven cotton with a simple woven windowpane check; a wide stripe down the center is edged with light blue and has two parallel lines of white ikat.

  • Textile (Nigeria), ca. 1950

    Central medallion shows a man and a crowned woman with lettering above their heads reading OKASA AKA UNI. The medallion is derived from one designed to commemorate the Silver Jubilee…

  • Button

    On card 61

  • Button

    On card 62

  • Button

    Small metal button buttons with six circular black, white, and purple stones set into each.

  • Button

    On card 68

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