kanga
- Museum number
- Af2003,21.16
- Description
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A rectangular machine-printed white cotton cloth, kanga, with a continuous patterned border of orange, black and red floral motifs, enclosing a central white rectangle with six roundel designs in red, orange, black and white. Surrounding each of the roundels is the name MALI YA ABDULLA (the shop in Mombasa which produces and sells the kanga) repeated four times and written in small, black dots. Just above the centre of the lower border is an inscription in Kiswahili written in the Roman script: ASILI HAIPOTEI - " culture never disappears".
- Production date
- 2003
- Dimensions
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Length: 114 centimetres
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Width: 169 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- kangas are printed and purchased in pairs, then cut into single cloths before wear.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 2003
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af2003,21.16