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Printed handkerchief (kanga) (mid 19th century)

British Museum

British Museum
London, United Kingdom

A square panel of printed white cotton cloth with a continuous patterned border of alternate single and quadruple red-brown motifs, similar to 'clubs' on conventional playing cards, enclosing a central design in which the quadruple motif is repeated in rows, but in white against a red-brown background.

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  • Title: Printed handkerchief (kanga) (mid 19th century)
  • Location: Comoros Islands
  • Physical Dimensions: 74 x 76 cm
  • British Museum link: Af2002,09.10
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