Sketch of Combs design by Malene Barnett for Afritex

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A sketch of the "Combs" fabric design, designed by Male Djenaba Barnett for Afritex. The sketch is made from black ink on paper and six squares of paper with the same drawing taped together. The sketch is of two hair picks beside each other with one of the picks is facing downward. At the top of each pick is a head with a lined design below it. The design on the upwards facing pick on the left has three vertical lines at the top with two half circles below it that is framed by three horizontal lines. The design on the downwards facing pick on the right has two half circles at the center framed by two horizontal lines above it and three below it. The background of the sketch has four rows of different lined designs.

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