Blue and orange printed fabric with custom printed portraits of Barack Obama
date: label: Date
content: 2011
name: label: Manufactured by
content: GTP, Ghanaian, founded 1966
label: Printed by
content: Shani Peters, American, born 1981
label: Subject of
content: Aisha Cousins, American
label: Subject of
content: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
notes: label: Description
content: Length of printed textile by GTP (Ghana Textiles Printing Company) customized with added printed graphic portraits of Barack Obama. The fabric has a large scale stylized floral design of the same flower printed in repeating columns. The flowers are wider at the middle with feathery blue petals surrounding a chartreuse and orange center and burgundy and white dots in the very middle. The flowers are placed in columns with the top sections nearly touching, but not quite. In the next column, the flowers are placed so that the wider middle sections are in the space created by the thinner top and bottom sections of the surrounding columns. There is a deep burgundy solid ground behind the flowers. An oval-framed portrait of Barack Obama is custom printed in black and white onto the manufactured printed fabric. Text inside the frame reads "BLACK PRESIDENT'S DAY FEBRUARY 21, 2011 / BARACK OBAMA 44TH PRESIDENT OF TEH U.S.A." The added prints are placed on the fabric in a scattered manner. Manufacturer's information is printed on both selvedges that reads in repetition "GTP GUARANTEED REAL WAX PRINTED IN GHANA 16785".
place: label: Place printed
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Tema, Greater Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Textile design
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
label: Exhibition
content: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine E. McKinley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.16.10
objectType: label: Type
content: textiles
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 46 7/8 × 68 1/8 in. (119 × 173 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Vertical Repeat): 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Horizontal Repeat): 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Printed Portrait): 10 1/2 × 7 11/16 in. (26.7 × 19.5 cm)