Trousers

Description

Drawstring trousers made to be worn as part of 'Fine Lady' fancy dress masquerade costume, made of yellow and black man-made fabric with yellow and white frills, originally purchased by Donatus Archibald Acquandoh (alias Hippies) from a tailor in Winneba: Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Winneba, 2000

Museum reference

K.2001.755

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Trousers

Production information

Unknown
Winneba, Ghana, Western Africa

Date

2000

Materials

Textile, Thread

Physical description

Yellow and black strips of man-made fabric machine stitched together with yellow and white frills running the length of the leg

Associations

Collector: Nicklin, Keith, 1946 - 2002
Collector: Salmons, Jill, 1979 - 2000 (fl.)

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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