Commemorative Cloth, Dress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Apr 2002
label: Collection Date
content: 1985
name: label: Collector
content: Karen Lange
label: Donor Name
content: Karen Lange
notes: label: Notes
content: DRESS MADE FROM COMMEMORATIVE TEXTILE CELEBRATING ANNIVERSARY OF APRIL 12, 1980 COUP D'ETAT CALLED REDEMPTION DAY. PRODUCED IN YEAR BEFORE SAMUEL DOE RAN FOR PRESIDENT. FABRIC HAS ORANGE BACKGROUND WITH WHITE STYLIZED FLORAL MOTIF. LARGE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF SAMUEL DOE, IN CIVILIAN RATHER THAN MILITARY DRESS. SMALLER PICTURES OF OTHER ASSEMBLY MEMBERS ARRANGED IN CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR ROWS. TOP HAS PICTURE OF LIBERIAN FLAG AND ANOTHER FLAG (PARTY FLAG?). FACTORY-WOVEN, ROLLER PRINT?DRESS IS BASICALLY 2 RECTANGLES OF FABRIC, 1 PATTERN REPEAT EACH, MACINE SEWN TOGETHER AT SHOULDERS WITH V-NECK AND HEMMED.
label: Notes
content: Commemorative Samuel Doe dress. This commemorative cotton dress celebrates the anniversary of the April 12, 1980, coup d'etat called Redemption Day, that brought Samuel Kanyon Doe into power as the leader of the Republic of Liberia. This dress was created in the year before Samuel Doe was elected as President of Liberia (1985), transitioning from a military leader to a civilian leader. The cotton cloth has an orange background with white floral motifs, and features the Liberian flag and a large black and white photo of Samuel Doe in civilian dress at the top. Smaller photos of Interim National Assembly members are arranged in concentric semi-circles below Samuel Doe's image.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Liberia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2023988
label: USNM Number
content: E430420-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 106 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 85 cm