Printed cloth (shweshwe)

2008

British Museum
London, United Kingdom

Woman's cloth (shweshwe) made of cotton. A rectangle of white cotton printed with a blue scale-like pattern and repeating rows of white flower inside blue circles; a red label is attached with three cat heads and reads: Da Gama Textiles Three Cats INDIGO BLAUWDRUK.

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Title: Printed cloth (shweshwe)
Date Created: 2008
Location Created: South Africa
Physical Dimensions: 92 x 101 cm
British Museum link: 2008,2012.8

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