kanga
- Museum number
- Af2003,21.7
- Description
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A rectangular machine-printed white cotton cloth, kanga, with a border in orange, green and black showing the continuous image of a mosque with minarets and dome. Within the border is a design of dark green, superimposed upon which are numerous small, star motifs, which has an image of a mosque at its centre. Just above the middle of the lower border is an inscription in Kiswahili written in the Roman script: POKEA ZAWADI YA IDDI "Give a gift for this 'Id".
- Production date
- 2003
- Dimensions
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Length: 157 centimetres
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Width: 106 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Kangas are printed and purchased in pairs, then cut into single cloths before wear.
- Location
- On display (G25/dc9)
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 2003
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af2003,21.7