- Museum number
- Af2006,15.106
- Description
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Cloth; fancy-printed on cotton; yellow cloth with white borders; background pattern blue diamond grid with red pear shape in alternating squares; main repeating image logo of bird above hands with "GO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS" in blue circle, "CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL" in black on white banner underneath; "HO DIOCESE" in black on white border along top and bottom border; cloth produced by Akosombo Textiles Limited, colourways "BLACK/BLUE 610/BROWN 293/CREAM/RED 196/WHITE".
- Production date
- 6 July 2005
- Dimensions
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Length: 99.50 centimetres
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Width: 113.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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'Fancy prints are cheaper to produce and buy, but their designs often imitate the wax prints. They are printed on one side only by engraved rollers or printing screens. These cloths often feature photographic images making them a popular choice for commemorating or promoting important social political or cultural events.
Both wax and fancy print cloths are bought at market and given to tailors to make clothes worn by men, women or children.’
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‘Missionaries and churches have often used printed cloths, both wax and fancy printed, as a means of communicating with wide audiences in Ghana. Printed cloths are produced to convey religious messages to their followers or to celebrate important national or international religious events, such as anniversaries or a visit by the pope.
Christianity is widely practised, especially in southern Ghana, the churches most notably represented being the Roman Catholic, Methodist and Presbyterian. Recently, Charismatic churches have gained considerable popularity. Islam predominates in the north of the country. A sizable percentage of the population continues to follow indigenous religions.’
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2008 Jun-Dec, Gateshead, Shipley Art Gallery, Fabric of a Nation
2008-2009 Dec-Feb, Bradford, Cartwright Hall, Fabric of a Nation
2009 Feb-Apr, Hampshire, Eastleigh Museum, Fabric of a Nation
2009 May-Jun, Fareham, Westbury Manor Museum, Fabric of a Nation
2009 Aug-Nov, Luton, Wardown Park Museum, Fabric of a Nation
2009-2010 Nov-Feb, London, Horniman Museum, Fabric of a Nation
2010-2011 Oct-Feb, London, Brent Museum, Fabric of a Nation
- Acquisition date
- 2006
- Acquisition notes
- Fieldwork collection made jointly by staff from the University of Ghana (Department of Archaeology) and the British Museum (Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas) in 2006 as part of a collaborative research and exhibition project.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af2006,15.106