Trousers

Description

Drawstring trousers to be worn with an Ugly Man fancy dress masquerade costume, made of printed fabric designed to commemorate 40 years of Ghana's independence, purchased from a tailor in Winneba by D.A. Acquandoh (Hippies): Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Elmina, collected in 2000 - 2001

Museum reference

K.2001.751

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Trousers

Production information

Unknown
Elmina, Central Region, Ghana, Western Africa

Date

2000 - 2001

Materials

Textile, Thread

Physical description

Factory printed fabric in design to commemorate 40 years of Ghanaian independence in red, yellow, green, black and white, machine stitched

Associations

Collector: Nicklin, Keith, 1946 - 2002
Collector: Salmons, Jill, 1979 - 2000 (fl.)
Previous owner: Acquandoh, Donatus Archibald, 1965 (b.) - 2008 (fl.)
Winneba, Ghana, Western Africa

Exhibitions

• Performance and Lives (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Peek, Philip and Barry Hallen. ‘In Memoriam – Keith Nicklin’, in African Arts, Winter 2002, Vol.35, No.4 pp.12-13, 91.

Nicklin, Keith and Jill Salmons. ‘Hippies of Elmina’, in African Arts, Summer 2005, Vol. 38, No.2 pp. 60-5, 95.

On display

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