T-shirt
MOA: University of British Columbia
3647/3
Off-white t-shirt, made of imported cotton, with the logo "Zimaz Kreol" (I love Crelo) printed across the chest; text is done in red and outlined in black. Back of shirt has a large screen print of a woman carrying a woven basket of apples and pineapples on her head; woman is black and wearing a red dress with pink dots, and a red and white checkered head cloth. Print is rectangular and has a blue background, with green and yellow palm fronds, and banana plants throughout. Designer, Sunstroke Studio, and place made, Seychelles, printed underneath design.
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Narrative
Collected by the donor in 1991 in Victoria. Produced at the Sunstroke Studio in Victoria; designed by George Camille.
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Iconographic Meaning
Logo is Seychellois Creole; represents pride in the Creolo language and the culture of the Seychelles.
- Type of Item shirt
- Culture Seychellois
- Material cotton fibre, ink
- Measurements height 67.6 cm, width 88.4 cm (overall)
- Creator George Camille
- Previous Owner Clifford J. Pereira
- Received from Clifford J. Pereira
- Made in Victoria
- Creation Date during 1991
- Collection Date during 1991
- Ownership Date before October 23, 2023
- Acquisition Date on October 23, 2023
- Item Classes textiles
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3647/0003