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Commemorative textile with portrait of Barack Obama inside a heart

Catalog Data

Manufactured by:
Sunflag Nigeria Limited, Nigerian, founded 1961  Search this
Subject of:
President Barack Obama, American, born 1961  Search this
Medium:
cotton
Dimensions:
H x W: 44 7/8 × 70 7/8 in. (114 × 180 cm)
Horizontal Repeat: 25 in. (63.5 cm)
Type:
textiles
portraits
Place made:
Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
Place collected:
Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
Date:
2009
Description:
Length of commemorative printed textile by Sunflag Nigeria Limited featuring Barack Obama and his "O" rising sun campaign logo. The fabric has a very pale yellow-green ground with a background design on a grand scale featuring tonal dark blue and teal undulating strands of beads. A large tonal bead is place between the more open space between the strands. A dark blue net with varying widths of holes in the net is behind the beaded strands and single beads. Placed at intervals over top of the beaded strands is a heart containing the "O" rising sun campaign logo complete with red striped ground and bright blue cloudy sky. The "O" of the logo contains a highly pixelated photographic portrait of Barack Obama and text in black around the portrait reading "THE CHANGE THE WORLD NEEDS / BARACK OBAMA". Repeating text printed in dark teal along the selvedge reads "5791", "SUN-FLAG PRINT", and "GUARANTEED".
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:
2017.16.2
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/fd57ec5c9bd-70b4-41f6-b148-0f7e493297d3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2017.16.2