Two piece dress: top (part a) and long skirt (part b). Both parts are made of fabric with the same design. Shirt and skirt are off-white with wavy light brown lines. Overtop are grid squares, outlined in dark brown, olive green and orange patterned lines. Inside the squares are olive green and orange geometric shapes, outlined in dotted dark brown lines. Shirt has high neckline, with rounded collar and short puffed sleeves. Closed with five, cloth covered plastic buttons on front. Shirt has tapered waist and white cotton interior lining- except in the sleeves. Skirt has drawstring waist, ties at centre back. Long slit ends halfway up back of skirt. Interior unlined. All parts of dress are hemmed.

• Narrative

  Dress made by seamstress.

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• Type of Item dress
• Culture Ghanaian
• Material cotton fibre, plastic
• Measurements height 64.4 cm, width 70.0 cm (part a) height 97.8 cm, width 53.4 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner Millie Morton
• Received from Millie Morton

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• Made in Kumasi

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• Creation Date during 1972
• Collection Date during 1972
• Ownership Date before January 29, 2019
• Acquisition Date on January 29, 2019

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3343/0007 a-b