Yellow tunic with black motifs by Moshood
date: label: Date
content: 1980s-1990s
name: label: Designed by
content: Moshood, Nigerian American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A yellow tunic with printed crowns and a face by Moshood. The tunic is made of one piece of unstitched linen and has a round neckline. [© / MOSHOOD] is printed three times along the center front of the tunic. Three crowns are printed to the proper right side of the text. A large self-fabric patch pocket is sewn to the proper left side of the center crown and text. The top ten inches of the tunic are left unstitched to create the arm holes. Each side seam curves inwards seven inches above the hem, a small section of machine stitching is placed at the center of each curve. The side seams are finished with the selvage and are left unstitched for nine inches above the notch. A face is printed at the center back of the tunic below the neckline. The face has a wide X at the top between the eyes with three lines on each side of the nose. A chair with a face and crown is printed below with the text [MOSHOOD / ©] to the proper left. The text [MOSHOOD] in printed between the crown and the chair. The same face is printed again below the chair but much larger. The text [MOSHOOD / ©] is printed between the nose and mouth of the face. The tunic has a double fold hem with a row of machine stitching. The tunic is machine sewn, unlabeled, and unlined.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.278
objectType: label: Type
content: tunics
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: linen
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 51 × 42 in. (129.5 × 106.7 cm)