Multicolor wax print Boubou and pants

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

(a) A geometric wax print Boubou (a) and high waisted pants (b). The Boubou is made from an entire width of wax printed plain weave cotton fabric, including the selvedge. The fabric features an all-over geometric pattern with vertical strip patterns, dots, and diamonds. The featured colors are green, black, beige, white, and red. There are no shoulder seams. The width of fabric has been folded over horizontally and seamed halfway down the sides to create armholes. There is a V-neckline with decorative black machine top stitching around it. Below the neckline is a center front pocket measuring 12.75” x 11”. It is made from one panel of self-fabric and has the same decorative machine stitching as the neckline. The brand label [GONFREVILLE] is printed on the proper right selvedge in beige text. The back of the Boubou mirrors the front construction, except there is no center pocket. There is ½” hem on the garment.

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