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 ink on white paper. There is a large purple stain at the bottom left corner of the paper and a brown stain across the top right side of the paper. At the center of the paper is the sketch of the Oware design which consists of eighteen rectangles in three rows of six. 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. There are four lines framing the design and three horizontal lines on the left side and four vertical lines at the bottom.

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