Commemorative textile in black with Obama campaign slogan Yes We Can
date: label: Date
content: 2008
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Woodin, Ghanaian, founded 1985
label: Subject of
content: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
notes: label: Description
content: Length of commemorative printed textile by Woodin in black featuring Barack Obama campaign slogan "Yes We Can." The fabric has a background printed design of small black triangles arranged with their points away from each other, creating diamond with a white horizontal strip in the middle and white diamond shapes around the black triangles. The white diamonds have a pale lavender dot printed at the center. A black silhouette of the continent of Africa is printed repeatedly in a scattered design over the background. The silhouettes contain three (3) different motifs in white text, arranged to alternate on the silhouettes as placed on the fabric. One motif is the stylized "W" logo of the printer, Woodin, done in white in the left corner over West Africa. The second motif has a large white dot with the word "GHANA" to the right of the dot, placed along the Guinea coast corresponding to the geographic location of the country of Ghana. The third motif has the words of the Obama campaign slogan "yes / WE / CAN" printed across the continent. Manufacturer's information is printed along the bottom selvedge in repetition that reads "Noir et Blanc de woodin GHANA".
place: label: Place made
content: Accra, 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
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: 2017.16.11
objectType: label: Type
content: textiles
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: 47 5/8 × 71 5/8 in. (121 × 182 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Vertical Repeat: 24 in. (61 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Horizontal Repeat: 24 13/16 in. (63 cm)