Commemorative textile with portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama
- Manufactured by
- Batex-CI, Malian, founded 2005
- Subject of
- President Obama, Barack, American, born 1961
- First Lady Michelle Obama, American, born 1964
- Date
- 2008
- Medium
- cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W: 45 1/2 × 77 15/16 in. (115.5 × 198 cm)
- Horizontal Repeat: 25 in. (63.5 cm)
- Description
- Length of commemorative printed textile by Batex-CI featuring a portrait of Barack Obama and a double portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama. The fabric has a bright green ground with a background printed design of diamonds filled in with lines and geometric shapes in black, white, and green. The diamonds are oriented in rows that alternate with one row having the green dots at the top and the next row having the green dots at the bottom of the diamond. There are three rows of portraits printed onto the background. The top and bottom rows are the same. They feature a circle with a black outline and white background containing a full color double photographic portrait of Barack and Michelle Obama. A white banner with black text is printed below it that reads "BARACK OBAMA". Between the repeating circle portraits is printed a United States flag on a black pole and oriented facing to the left so that it appears backwards. A white rectangle with black text reading "CHANGE" is printed underneath the flag. The middle row features an oval with a black outline and white background containing a full color photographic half portrait of Barack Obama. A white banner with black text is printed below that reads "BARACK OBAMA". Between the repeating oval portraits are printed a United States flag on a black pole oriented facing to the left so that it appears backwards. Oriented at a slight angle and printed below left and below right of the oval portrait are white rectangles with black text reading "CHANGE". The manufacturer's information is printed in black along the selvedge reading "BATEX CI FABRIQUE AU MALI No. 805 BC [white inside black oval]".
- Place made
- Bamako, District de Bamako, Mali, 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
- 2017.16.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.