"Kaniki Black" fabric sample; UK for the African market; Consular Collection; 1917
date: label: date made
content: 1917
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular sample of black cotton textile; shiny on one side: "Kaniki Black". Stamped "93881", the Consular report #. 1st tag attached reads; “Sample No. 13 Kaniki Black. Size 46 X 66”, to be wrapped in pairs which to be wrapped in papers as per sample. 100 pieces in a bale, Monthly consumption about 300 a bale". 2nd tag, “American Consulate at Mombasa, B.E.A. Trade opportunity No. 150 of July 28, 1917. Sample No. 13- Kaniki Black". A partial paper label attached, but has worn or been partially removed: Probably a manufacturer or merchant label: Blue and white and had fleur-de-lis in the corners. “110” is written on front in red.
label: Description
content: An envelope found with the Mombasa textile group reads: "Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington. 93881 (1917), Mombasa Textiles Brit. Manuf. CR 260 1917 FTO25764" (or FTO625764?) This is the Consular Report associated with this textile sample. At the time of this correspondence, Mombasa was in British East Africa.
label: Description
content: Consular Collection: Part of collection of samples acquired by US Consuls overseas between about 1898 and 1918, in the interests of promoting US trade and business opportunities; which was transferred by the Dept. of Commerce in the 1920s-30s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Consular Collection Textile Samples
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the Department of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80514V14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fabric length
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 87 cm x 115 cm; 34 1/4 in x 45 9/32 in