Museum object · Textiles and Quilts
Commemorative textile with portrait of Barack Obama surrounded by roses
2009
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa
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.
Length of commemorative printed textile by Shine Shine featuring graphic portraits of Barack Obama surrounded by rose vines. The fabric has a teal ground with a background print of a leafy rose vine with yellow leaves, coral blooming and bud roses, and light brown vines. The design is oriented so that there is a middle section and two side sections, with the side sections mirroring each other. At each selvedge there is a yellow border with coral swags and yellow fringe having a scalloped edge. Printed above the border as if driving on it is a black town car with coral highlights in profile. The car has a white five-pointed star on the hood in front of the driver side wheel and white text printed on the driver side front and back doors reading "Shine Shine".
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Catalog reference: 2017.16.5
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