Commemorative cloth: Barack Obama
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Oct 2010
label: Collection Date
content: 2009
name: label: Donor Name
content: American Embassy in Ghana
notes: label: Notes
content: Industrial roller print textile, printed in Ghana, made to commemorate the state visit of United States President Barack Obama to Ghana on July 10-11, 2009. Blue background. Main repeating image is a color portrait of Barack Obama, with "Barack Obama 44th President of the United States" printed underneath. Top and bottom borders are a running band of motifs, including a chief's stool and the adinkra (stamped cloth) symbol "Gye Nyame" ("Except God"). Scattered across the blue field is the Twi word "akwaaba," which translates as "welcome". The American Embassy used this cloth to decorate their press booth during Obama's visit. Commemorative cloth like this is sold in the markets, and people have it made into men's shirts and blouses, wrapper skirts, and headties for women.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ghana, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ghanaian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2051852
label: USNM Number
content: E432583-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Textile
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: ca. 376 cm
label: Width
content: 117 cm