Wax print ensemble with mask pattern

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

A wax print ensemble with a mask pattern. The cotton shirt (a) is made from two panels of fabric for the front and features an all-over African wax print pattern of alternating masks within gold squares that have irregular blotches of gold acrylic paint and maroon paisley squares. All squares appear in a grid format and gold acrylic is painted in the borders. The same all-over pattern is present on the pants (b) and fabric length (c). There is a 3” tall standing band collar made from one panel of cotton that closes with two black plastic buttons on the proper left. At the proper left shoulder is a 7.5” band of fabric, where the fabric length (sash) can be fed through. There is a self-fabric 7” flap pocket at the proper left chest. The shirt buttons down the center front with five plastic buttons that have metal anchor decals in the center.

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