Long sleeve tunic, shirt, and pants with leaf print

Sotiba Simpafric, Senegalese, founded 1951 · late 20th century

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].