- Manufactured by
- Sunflag Nigeria Limited, Nigerian, founded 1961
- Subject of
- President Obama, Barack, American, born 1961
- Date
- 2009
- Medium
- cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W: 44 7/8 × 70 7/8 in. (114 × 180 cm)
- Horizontal Repeat: 25 in. (63.5 cm)
- Description
- Length of commemorative printed textile by Sunflag Nigeria Limited featuring Barack Obama and his "O" rising sun campaign logo. The fabric has a very pale yellow-green ground with a background design on a grand scale featuring tonal dark blue and teal undulating strands of beads. A large tonal bead is place between the more open space between the strands. A dark blue net with varying widths of holes in the net is behind the beaded strands and single beads. Placed at intervals over top of the beaded strands is a heart containing the "O" rising sun campaign logo complete with red striped ground and bright blue cloudy sky. The "O" of the logo contains a highly pixelated photographic portrait of Barack Obama and text in black around the portrait reading "THE CHANGE THE WORLD NEEDS / BARACK OBAMA". Repeating text printed in dark teal along the selvedge reads "5791", "SUN-FLAG PRINT", and "GUARANTEED".
- Place made
- Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
- Place collected
- Lagos, Nigeria, 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
- 2017.16.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.