kanga
- Museum number
- Af2006,08.9
- Description
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Rectangular machine-printed white cotton cloth, 'kanga', with a continuous patterned border of cashew nut motifs in black and purple, enclosing a central rectangle with a recurring motif of a cashew nut tree, also in black and purple. Just above the centre of the lower border is an inscription in Kiswahili written in the Roman script: NILIOAMBIWA SI KUSHIKA NA SASA YAMENIFIKA.
- Production date
- 2003
- Dimensions
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Height: 106 centimetres
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Width: 147 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
- Af2006,08.9