kanga
- Museum number
- Af2006,08.8
- Description
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Rectangular machine-printed white cotton cloth, 'kanga', with a continuous patterned border of multi-coloured floral motifs in black and blue, enclosing a central rectangle with a recurring motif of a type of fruit or vegetable, possibly papaya, also in black and blue. Just above the centre of the lower border is an inscription in Kiswahili written in the Roman script: MOLA ATAYAMALIZA SINA WASIWASI.
- Production date
- 2003-2006 (?)
- Dimensions
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Length: 106 centimetres
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Width: 148 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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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
- 2006
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased from Khalifa Abubaka on Lamu Island
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af2006,08.8