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Commemorative textile in red with Obama campaign slogan Yes We Can

2008

Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

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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.

Length of commemorative printed textile by Woodin in red featuring Barack Obama campaign slogan "Yes We Can." The fabric has a background printed design of small red triangles arranged with their points away from each other, creating diamond with a white horizontal strip in the middle and white diamond shapes around the red triangles. The white diamonds have a bright blue dot printed at the center. A red silhouette of the continent of Africa is printed repeatedly in a scattered design over the background. The silhouettes contain three (3) different motifs in white text, arranged to alternate on the silhouettes placed on the fabric. One motif is the stylized "W" logo of the printer, Woodin, done in white in the left corner over West Africa.

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Catalog reference: 2017.16.9

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