Sketch of Oware design by Malene Barnett for Afritex

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A sketch of the "Oware" fabric design, designed by Male Djenaba Barnett for Afritex. The sketch is done with black, green, and gold ink on white paper. There are annotations around the design in blue and black ink. At the center of the paper is the sketch of the Oware design which consists of seventeen rectangles in three rows. The left and right sides of the rectangles are connected to the rectangle next to it and each rectangle has eight circles inside of them. The rectangles alternate between three shades of green and they all are outlined in gold.The circles inside of the rectangles are also outlined in gold. The background around the rectangles also alternate between three different shades of green. At the top right corner is the date [April-02-98] written in black ink. There is a staple at the top left corner.

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