cloth
- Museum number
- Af2006,15.38
- Description
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Cloth; fancy-printed on cotton; cream cloth with background repeating pattern "SHILOH" in cream inside blue rectangle; two main repeating patterns: 1) "SHILOH" in red on cream background above black globe with red flame at top, "ALL THINGS ARE YOURS" in black on cream background below, 2) cream circle with black drawing of church, "ALL THINGS ARE YOURS" in black on cream background above; "AKOSOMBO TEXTILES LIMITED GUARANTEED SUPERB PRINT RSP 2465" printed in border; colourways "BLACK/BLUE/RED/CREAM TINT".
- Production date
- 19 November 2003
- Dimensions
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Length: 59 centimetres
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Width: 115 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
- Condition
- Piece cut out of upper right corner.
- 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
- Af2006,15.38