Burgundy, red, and orange dashiki robe worn by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis

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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.

A burgundy, red, and orange dashiki robe worn by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis. The robe is constructed from burgundy synthetic fabric, heavily decorated with orange, red, yellow, black, and green embroidery on the front and back. The robe is a large rectangle of fabric that has been folded over to make arm holes and stitched closed near the bottom left and right edges. The left and right edges of the robe are selvage edges. The fold at the top of the robe has an asymmetrical V-neck cut out of the front. The neckline is heavily embroidered with a black, red, and orange checkered bands. On the proper right side of the V-neck is a triangular field of blue with embroidered rainbow wavy lines. Below the neckline is a large, rectangular embroidered patch with a centrally featured, orange Adinkra Sankofa design, outlined in green.

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