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Yellow tunic with black motifs by Moshood

1980s-1990s

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2007.3.278

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