kanga
- Museum number
- Af2002,09.12
- Description
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A rectangular machine-printed white cotton cloth, kanga, with a continuous patterned border of black and white and green and black footballs on a yellow background, enclosing a central design of a football stadium and cups in yellow, black and green. Just above the centre of the lower border is an inscription in Kiswahili: MCHEZA KWAO HUTUZWA - "The one who plays at home is rewarded".
- Production date
- 2002
- Dimensions
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Length: 167 centimetres
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Width: 112 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Kangas are printed and purchased in pairs, then cut into single cloths before wear. The inscription on this kanga is clearly a warning by a wife to her husband not to 'play away'.
- Location
- On display (G25/dc9)
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 2002
- Acquisition notes
- Bought in the factory shop of the Urafiki Textile Company, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Af2002,09.1 to 55 is a field collection made by Christopher Spring of the BM Dept. of Ethnography "formed in Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar and Bagamoyo, Tanzania, during a period of fieldwork in November 2002."
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af2002,09.12