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

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Burgundy, red, and orange dashiki pants worn by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis. The pants are constructed from burgundy brocade, heavily decorated with orange, red and white embroidery at the calves and pant cuffs. The pants are drawstring and have side pockets lined with cream colored cotton. On the side of the pants, near the bottom of the pant legs, are large, embroidered orange and white Adinkra Sankofa symbols outlined in red. Below the heart shaped symbol are embroidered red curlicue lines. At the pant cuffs is a red band of circular swirls framed by two (2) orange bands of circular swirls, separated by white lines.

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