Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

President Barack Obama, American, born 1961  Search this

Medium:

cotton

Dimensions:

H x W: 45 11/16 × 67 5/16 in. (116 × 171 cm)

Type:

textiles

portraits

Place made:

Nyaniba Estates, Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Date:

2009

Description:

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.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Africa  Search this

African diaspora  Search this

Design  Search this

Identity  Search this

Politics  Search this

Textile design  Search this

U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley

Object number:

2017.16.13

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Textiles

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ee85d1c4-4512-4b54-a2d7-076655c035dd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.16.13