Cotton dress. Garment body is rectangular, with three-quarter length sleeves, and a round neck. Hem is below the knees. Torso and shoulders are made of a cotton fabric with peacock feather design on a background of tiny brown leaves and green foliage. Dress bottom, neck panel and arms are black fabric with cotton embroidery showing triangles in red, yellow and white on arms, at hem, and centre of chest and back, while zigzagging lines of embroidery in red, orange, white and green circle the neck. Small red and yellow diamonds edge the bottom of this design.

• Narrative

  Purchased by the donor directly from the dressmaker, in Bamenda in 1990.

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• Type of Item dress
• Culture Cameroonian
• Material cotton fibre
• Measurements height 110.0 cm, width 152.0 cm (overall)

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• Creator Elizabeth Ntuchu
• Previous Owner Millie Morton
• Received from Millie Morton

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• Made in Cameroon

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• Creation Date during 1990
• Collection Date during 1990
• Ownership Date before April 27, 2017
• Acquisition Date on April 27, 2017

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition excellent
• Accession Number 3237/0005