East African Commercial Textiles: How They are Designed, Sold, and Worn Photographs from the Erie Ar

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East African Commercial Textiles How They are
Designed, Sold, and WornPhotographs from the
Erie Art Museum exhibit Kanga Kitenge Cloth
and Culture in East AfricaAll contemporary
photographs by John Vancowww.erieartmuseum.org
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Swahili women carrying pots Zanzibar,
1850-1890Winterton Collection of East African
Photographs, Northwestern University used with
permission
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Studio portrait, Zanzibar, 1890 Winterton
Collection of East African Photographs,
Northwestern University used with permission
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Women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2007
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Clothesline, 2007, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Alley, Mombasa, Kenya, 2007
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Furaha Kasika, textile designer, sketching an
idea. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2008
Hand painted design ideas of Furaha Kasika. Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania, 2008
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Roller screen print machine NIDA Factory, Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania 2007
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Blue ink silk screen roller NIDA Factory, Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania 2007
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Kitenge after printing before it gets bundled
NIDA Factory, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2007
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Abdul Kambaya and Beati Kavishe, textile agents
and wholesalers Dar es Salaam Tanzania, 2007
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Abdulkader Kaderdina, kanga designer, in his
office. Mombasa, Kenya, 2007
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Kanga Shop, Mombasa Kenya 2007
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Wall display at the shop, Duka la Abdulla,
Mombasa, Kenya, 2007
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Kanga Shop, Duka la Mtoto wa Abdulla, Mombasa,
Kenya, 2007
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Man wearing kikoi, traditional coastal garment
for men.Lamu, Kenya 2007
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Kikoi Shop, Lamu, Kenya 2006
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Marketplace in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2006
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Street Vendor, Stone Town Zanzibar, 2007
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Street Vendor, Stone Town Zanzibar, 2007
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Private Guard on duty at textile shop in Nairobi,
Kenya 2006
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Fabric vendors, Mombasa House Nairobi, Kenya,
2006
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Poster at tailor shop, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
2007 Customers can use the pictures to choose a
particular style, which the tailor reproduces
without a pattern.
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Kobelo Tailor Mart, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2007
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Women at political rally in Dar es Salaam
Tanzania, 2007. Two are wearing matching kitenge
garments supporting their party.
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1973 Kanga celebrating 10th Anniversary of
Tanzanian RevolutionDont decide on your own,
cooperate with your comrades.on display at the
Zanzibar Museum, 2006
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Mama Jully, master tie dye and batik artisan at
her kiosk, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2007.
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Mama Jullys daughter showing tied cloth before
dying and the resulting dye pattern. Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania, 2008
Tied bundle before dying Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
2008
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Kitchen courtyard, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2007
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Step one Securing a baby with a kanga Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania, 2007
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Step two Securing a baby with a kanga Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania, 2007
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Step three Securing a baby with a kanga Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania, 2007
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Toddler wearing a kanga in the shingoshingo
style Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2007
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Swahili Girls Zanzibar, 1908 Winterton
Collection of East African Photographs
Northwestern University used with permission