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Two lengths of cloth with white field with small black pattern of stars and central medallion of hand wearing wristeatch holding wrapped gift; border has red rosses and small medallions of green and red palm trees; insciption reads "Pokea Zawadi Ingawa Hafifu" [google translation: received the gift although weak]; side border inscription reads "Haharia-Zanzibar D. no. 1727."
Wrapper (kanga)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Wrapper (kanga)

Maker Tanzanian Artist
Date2009
LocaleTanzania
MediumCotton
Dimensions42 in. x 10 ft. 8 in. (106.7 x 325.1 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Jaclyn Hall
Object number2010.49.1
Collections
Visual DescriptionTwo lengths of cloth with white field with small black pattern of stars and central medallion of hand wearing wristeatch holding wrapped gift; border has red rosses and small medallions of green and red palm trees; insciption reads "Pokea Zawadi Ingawa Hafifu" [google translation: received the gift although weak]; side border inscription reads "Haharia-Zanzibar D. no. 1727."
Green, black, gold and white; Muslim stars and a moon; inscription on side border reads "Hakuna Matata Zanzibar D. N. 2577."
Wrapper (kanga)
Tanzanian Artist
2009
Inscription reads "Mla Nawe Hafi Nawe"; blue, dark blue, yellow and white; central floral medallion and floral border; very thin, worn -1 wrapper, older type flower pattern; hemmed.
Wrapper (kanga)
Tanzanian Artist
2009
Green and blue with fish, inscription at the top and the bottom borders reads the following: "Mfg by Weizmann," "Guaranteed Print,""...Nadir...," "02524." Cheap everyday cloth, no proverb on central medallion; worn in central and east Africa; has crackle print on border.
Kitenge
Tanzanian Artist
2009
Inscription reads "EE Mola Tubariki Tudumishe Upendo"; big yellow flowers; black, yellow, green and white; inscription on bottom border reads "Urafiki Tanzania Printed Khanga FTC DES No. 649."
Wrapper (kanga)
Tanzanian Artist
2009
Wax print cloth (commercial cloth) with burgundy and lime green floral motifs, burgundy border around neckline and hem; to be worn with one shoulder exposed; knee length The Akwadzan is sewn from wax print fabric, likely produced by Ghana Textiles Production, a Ghanaian company that Chez Julie officially collaborated with during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The background of the wax print is a light shade of coral/salmon, with a repeated medallion pattern of a bird on a branch, surrounded…
Akwadzan (female)
Juliana Kweifio-Okai
late 1960s
Inscription reads "Hasidi Mzushi Ukimsikiliza Huishi"; paisley (cashew); blue, red, and white center panel with floral; thin, wide weave. Has inscription on left side that reads "Avani- D.N. 2043."
Wrapper (kanga)
Tanzanian Artist
2009
Kitenge Communion Print; birds and large organic patterns; black, gold and white; Japanese or Asian cloud forms. Commissioned for wedding, funeral; "wax" crackle motif, inscription on bottom border reads "Poly tex Fancy Design No. 199 Commission Print."
Kitenge
Tanzanian Artist
2009
Basket-like bells/gong design/fish; dark blue/black, gold and white; large motif all over, inscription on bottom border reads "Urafiki Tanzania Printed Kitenge FTC DES No 154,"
Kitenge
Tanzanian Artist
2009
Blue with off-printed leaves- registration off; Kenga "fake" batik Chemitex; inscription on bottom border reads "Veritable Super Print Chemitex" and Guaranteed Super Print Chemitex."
Kitenge
Tanzanian Artist
2009
Red and white and black paisleu (cashew) pattern, with center medallion; Swahili inscription reads: "Mungu atupe furaha daima" (God (should) give us happiness always)
Cloth (kanga)
Lesso
2010
Peacock with feathers and floral border; yellow, bright blue and yellow on white field; Swahili inscription reads: "Neno la mungu ni la milele" (Words of God are eternal).
Cloth (kanga)
Urafiki Tanzania
2010
Black-and-white print of two faces with raised, expressive hands. Below the drawing, red text reads "FOR THE YEAR OF THE INSANE", followed by two columns of the poem by Anne Sexton: O Mary, fragile mother, hear me, hear me now although I do not know your words. The black rosary with its silver Christ lies unblessed in my hand for I am the unbeliever. Each bead is round and hard between my fingers, a small black angel. O Mary, permit me this grace, this crossing over, although I am ugly, submer…
For the Year of the Insane
Barbara Swan
1967

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