Palenque

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.

A headwrap with a multicolored design throughout the exterior. The design of the exterior has a teal background with swatches of yellow, pink, orange, red, and a darker shade of teal. Black is also used on the exterior to create different designs, including polka dots, arrows, circles, flowers, and animal print. The words [guinea bissau], [AFRiCA], and SAU BASILIO DE PALENQUE] are printed throughout the exterior. The fabric of the exterior is gathered together to form a pouf and sewn at the top to hold it's shape. The fabric of the interior is pink. There is a tag on the inside that is black with white and pink text. The pink and white Miss Balanta logo is on the tag with a copyright symbol next to it. Underneath that is [I am from Colombia] printed in white text.

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