cloth
- Museum number
- Af2006,15.151
- Description
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Cloth; fancy-printed on cotton; blue cloth with background repeating printed pattern dark blue four-petal flower with orange centre; main repeating pattern "L.S.S." above shield with book upper left quadrant, sunrise upper right quadrant, palm tree lower left, crossed knife and axe lower right, "PRIMES SEMPER AURORA" in banner under shield, "1949" on left side, "1999" on right side, "GOLDEN JUBILEE" in orange below.
- Production date
- 2000s
- Dimensions
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Length: 40 centimetres
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Width: 112 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- '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.’
- Location
- Not on display
- 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
- Af2006,15.151