R6060/1 Book

Kangas, 101 uses (Museum Accession Number R6060/1)

This book by an American author and illustrator who spent time living in East Africa contains coloured illustrations showing different ways to wear kangas, the popular East African textile which is sold as a pair of cloths and often worn as a wrap skirt and a shawl or head covering. Collected as part of the Fashioning Africa project.

Creator: Jeanette Handby and David Bygott

Place: Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Date: 2013 (this edition)

Book Cover, back view, (Museum Accession Number R6060/1)