About the Artwork
War Tunic (batakari)
19th century
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African
Akan
Blue and white strip-woven fabric, dye and leather
Overall: 37 × 56 inches (94 × 142.2 cm)
Costumes
African Art
Museum Purchase, Africa, Oceania and the Indigenous Americas General Art Fund, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, and funds from Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman, Judith Holmes Wyche, Andrew L. and Gayle Shaw Camden, Paralee G. Day, Dede and Oscar Feldman, Dexter Fields, M.D., Jimmy and Shirley Cooper, Roslyn Trotter, Dorothy R. Walker, Alvin E. Walker, Twig and Barbara Branch, Margaret H. Demant, Beverly Jenai Myers and Doris Rhea
2005.56
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Oumar Doucoure
2005-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Akan, African, War Tunic (batakari), 19th century, blue and white strip-woven fabric, dye and leather. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Africa, Oceania and the Indigenous Americas General Art Fund, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, et al., 2005.56.
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