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Dutch wax fabric

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Brightly patterned textiles with West African associations that are actually products of global colonial trade networks, neither authentically Dutch nor African, used by artists to reference the complex history of colonialism and cultural hybridity.

AP course connection

Topic 10.3: 10.3 Interactions Within and Across Cultures in Global Contemporary Art

Unit 10

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