An East African male musician sits playing the Obokano aka Obukano or bowl lyre, a traditional eight string instrument sometimes locally called the "African guitar". The he bare-footed musician wears colorful traditional African handprint, home-crafted, cotton dress. Traditional music is an important and integral part of east African culture performed at many festive ceremonies, religious events, and political rallies.

The about 17x14" (430x355mm ) signed, original abstract pastel paint and pen batik, on 100% medium to heavy cotton canvas, sells for more than $60 in the USA. We are able to offer them at moderate prices by contracting directly with the artisan at fair trade prices from his Ugandan and Kenyan workshops. More information on this style.

The batiks are produced following standard templates although similar, no two are identical even by the same artist each one is unique and an individual picture that will enhance the décor of your home or office that you will be proud to own or gift. From a distance, the batiks will appear to be identical, close inspection will show slight differences in color patterns and design due to the work being done free hand. Also background colors may vary slightly from the generic listing photographs due to different batches of dyes and style of background finish.
Photographs:
A = Orange background no celestial body.
B = Blue background no celestial body.
C = Mottled (tri-color) background with sun.
D = Mottled (bi-color) background with sun.
E = Olive background no celestial body.
F = Orange background with moon.

If the item quantity is two ( 2) or more for any background color and you'd like to personally select your beautiful batik, write your e-mail address in the box Send photos. At least two and no more than five different photographs will be e-mailed for your consideration. A small fee to cover our costs will be charged.

These batiks are very popular, if the quantity states backordered, instead of a number, for a specific size and/or background color, it is sold out. A similar product can be ordered (click on the backordered link for details) that takes six to 14 weeks. If backorder not wanted, remove the item/s from the shopping cart or at checkout.

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