African Batiks
Collection — no container: 1-2
Identifier: ANSP-2010-078-Artifact
Scope and Contents
This collection contains two seperate African animal Batiks. One of the batiks has a redish hue and the other blue. Batiks refer to a cloth that traditionally uses a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. In October of 2009, UNESCO designated that Batiks are a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. A label accompanies the batiks that read: African Animal Batiks colored dyes on cotton, 1970, Gift of Mrs. Thomas Raeburn White.
Dates
- 1970
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
2 item(s) (One red and one blue batik.)
Language of Materials
English
Source
- White, Dorothy Shipley (Person)
- Title
- African Animal Batiks
- Author
- Jenna Toppert
- Date
- 7/29/10
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Repository
Contact:
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia PA 19103 USA
215-299-1075
215-299-1144 (Fax)
archives@ansp.org
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia PA 19103 USA
215-299-1075
215-299-1144 (Fax)
archives@ansp.org