Shirt Item Number: 3647/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Short-sleeved shirt, made of heavy cotton, with large pockets on front; cuffs and bottom opening are unhemmed, shirt is unlined. Shirt decorated with woven white and black stripes; white stripes are solid, black ones consist of alternating solid and checkered bands. Rounded neck opening extends into a slit; entire opening bordered with an embroidered panel. Embroidery is around slit and down centre front of chest; designs consist of sun-like shapes, zigzags, crosses in circles, flowers, lines of alternating circles and triangles, and swirls. Panel is trimmed with silver metallic thread; neck opening and pockets outlined in gold thread.
Narrative
Collected by the donor in 2019, with matching hat 3647/2, at the Big Market on Wallace Street, in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Item History
- Made in Southern Province, Sierra Leone
- Collected during 2019
- Owned by Clifford J. Pereira before October 23, 2023
- Received from Clifford J. Pereira (Donor) on October 23, 2023
What
- Name
- Shirt
- Identification Number
- 3647/1
- Type of Item
- shirt
- Material
- cotton fibre, dye and metal
- Overall
- height 83.0 cm, width 111.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Mende
- Previous Owner
- Clifford J. Pereira
- Received from
- Clifford J. Pereira (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Southern Province, Sierra Leone
When
- Collection Date
- during 2019
- Ownership Date
- before October 23, 2023
- Acquisition Date
- on October 23, 2023
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3647/0001