Fabric sample of Combs design from Afritex

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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.

Fabric sample of the "Combs" fabric, designed by Male Djenaba Barnett for Afritex. At the top of the fabric sample is a black cardboard tag with [AFRITEX] printed across the center in white on the front and the address and phone number on the back. Written on the right side of the back of the tag in tan marker is [AF 34]. The design printed on the fabric are multiple rows of hair picks with heads at the top of them. The color of the hair picks alternate by each row between red with black details and black with red details. The hair picks also alternate which direction they are pointing towards, either left or right by row. The rows of red hair picks point towards the left side and have three vertical lines at the top with one horizontal line and two half circles below it.

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