Commemorative indigo resist textile with portrait and name of Barack Obama
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- President Obama, Barack, American, born 1961
- Date
- 2009
- Medium
- cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W: 45 11/16 × 67 5/16 in. (116 × 171 cm)
- Description
- Length of commemorative printed textile by an unidentified printer and designer featuring portrait and name of Barack Obama. The fabric is dyed dark blue with resist design in white. There are four (4) rows with the same design of the text "OBAMA" but with the "O" being a face portrait of Barack Obama. These rows are surrounded by geometric stylized chain borders, with five (5) border rows in all.
- Place made
- Nyaniba Estates, Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Textiles and Quilts
- Topic
- Africa
- African diaspora
- Design
- Identity
- Politics
- Textile design
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley
- Object number
- 2017.16.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.