Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

President Barack Obama, American, born 1961  Search this

Medium:

cotton

Dimensions:

H x W: 45 1/2 × 70 1/16 in. (115.5 × 178 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 flowers and a portrait Barack Obama. The fabric is dyed dark blue with resist design in white. The design has a portrait of Barack Obama alternating with a six-petaled flower in rows and columns.

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:

2017.16.14

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/fd5448661fe-3a6f-4420-af26-19b9b5b705f3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.16.14