kanga
- Museum number
- Af2002,09.19
- Description
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A rectangular, machine-printed white cotton cloth, kanga, with a design comprising a diamond- shaped, tie-dyed central motif in red and green on an orange background. Just above the centre of the lower border is an inscription in Kiswahili: LIPI LA AJABU MPAKA UPIGIE MAHESABU: "What's so strange that you have to make these calculations?".
- Production date
- 2002
- Dimensions
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Length: 166 centimetres
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Width: 99 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
- 2002
- Acquisition notes
- Bought in Bibi Titi Mohammedi Street, 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
- Af2002,09.19