Museum object · Textiles and Quilts
Commemorative indigo resist textile with portrait and name of Barack Obama
2009
Nyaniba Estates, Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Length of commemorative printed textile by an unidentified printer and designer featuring portrait and name of Barack Obama. The fabric is dyed dark blue with resist design in white. There are four (4) rows with the same design of the text "OBAMA" but with the "O" being a face portrait of Barack Obama. These rows are surrounded by geometric stylized chain borders, with five (5) border rows in all.
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Catalog reference: 2017.16.13
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