Spear of the Nation

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Artist/Maker	Bradford Community Printshop (printer) Unknown
Place of origin	Bradford (made)

White, printed T-shirt, mounted on a backboard to make a poster. The T-shirt has a central design, which is a landscape rectangle, divided by colour, the top half being yellow, the bottom half being green. There is a dark reed design, of 3 shields with spears behind them, with 'Spear of the Nation' printed over the top. In the top left hand corner and the bottom right hand corner is a print of a warrior holding the shield and throwing the spear.

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Categories	Posters Prints Clothing Textiles
Object type	Poster
Title	Spear of the Nation (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Stencil, printing, cotton, paper, plastic laminate Cotton (Textile) Paper Plastic Laminate Stencil Printing
Brief description	T-shirt, mounted on a backboard to make a poster, made by the Bradford Printshop, Bradford, 1987.
Physical description	White, printed T-shirt, mounted on a backboard to make a poster. The T-shirt has a central design, which is a landscape rectangle, divided by colour, the top half being yellow, the bottom half being green. There is a dark reed design, of 3 shields with spears behind them, with 'Spear of the Nation' printed over the top. In the top left hand corner and the bottom right hand corner is a print of a warrior holding the shield and throwing the spear.
Dimensions	Height: 72.7cm Width: 62.1cm Dimensions include plastic laminate.
Marks and inscriptions	SPEAR OF THE NATION The African National Congress
Credit line	Given by the Greenwich Mural Workshop.
Object history	Poster featured in the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Bibliographic reference	From the Greenwich Mural Workshop's 1986 exhibition 'Printing is Easy...?'
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.594-2013

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Record created	November 20, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1275033/spear-of-the-nation-poster-unknown/

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