An ensemble consisting of a long sleeve tunic, shirt, and pants with leaf print. The tunic (a) is made of printed cotton fabric with a leaf pattern. The background of the print is gold and yellow with vertical black wavy lines. Geometric abstract leaves are made of red with black outlines. Groupings of abstract gold and black leaves outlined in black overtop of the red leaves are printed on the fabric. The tunic has a round neckline with a fourteen-inch-long button placket along the center front. Three metal buttons embossed with anchors are sewn on the proper left side of the button placket. The tunic has three quarter length sleeves with armscyes and shoulder seams. The bottom five inches of the side seams are left open as slits. Two self-fabric patch pockets are sewn at the bottom of the tunic, the fabric is placed on the opposite grain. The neckline, button placket, and ends of the sleeves are self-faced. The tunic is machine sewn and unlabeled. The selvage along the bottom proper left side of the tunic reads [FRIC / DAKAR].
The shirt (b) is made of the same fabric as the tunic and pants, a printed cotton fabric with a leaf pattern. The shirt has a round neckline with a six-inch notch on the center front below the neckline. The shirt has no shoulder seam and has wide arm holes measuring twenty-three inches long. Two self-fabric patch pockets are sewn at the bottom of the tunic, the fabric is placed on the opposite grain. The notch and neckline are self-faced. The tunic is machine sewn and unlabeled. The fabric's selvage is along the edge of the proper left armhole. The selvage reads [SOTIBA SIMAFRIC DAKAR].
The pants (c) are made of the same fabric as the tunic and shirt a printed cotton fabric with a leaf pattern. An elastic band is encased at the top of the pants. The pants have no side seams. A slit pocket is sewn on the outside of each pant leg and starts directly below the waistband. The pants taper towards the bottoms and end in self-fabric one and a half inch cuffs. The fabric used for the cuffs is placed on the opposite grain as the rest of the pants. The pants are machine sewn and unlabeled. The selvage of the fabric is along the bottom of the pants above the cuffs and on the waistband. The selvage reads [SOTIBA SIMAFRIC DAKAR].
| Date | late 20th century |
| Created by | Sotiba Simpafric, Senegalese, founded 1951 |
| Subject of | Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007 |
| Place made | Dakar, Senegal |
| Medium | cotton, elastic, and metal |
| Dimensions | a: tunic |
| Dimensions | Length (a: shoulder to hem): 31 1/2 in. (80 cm) |
| Dimensions | Width (a: shoulder to shoulder): 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm) |
| Dimensions | Waist (a: flat): 27 1/4 in. (69.2 cm) |
| Dimensions | b: tunic |
| Dimensions | Length (b: shoulder to hem): 28 in. (102.9 cm) |
| Dimensions | Width (b: shoulder to shoulder): 33 1/4 in. (84.5 cm) |
| Dimensions | c. pants |
| Dimensions | Length (c: waist to hem): 42 in. (106.7 cm) |
| Dimensions | Waist (c: flat): 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane |
| Object number | 2007.3.942abc |
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