FMNH 221383.nosub[1]

  • 221383 cotton cloth
    Photographer: Alison C. Bastian : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: Reference image, overall view in storage
  • 221383: cotton ceremonial cloth
    Photographer: Diane Alexander White : Field Museum of Natural History
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: cotton ceremonial cloth
  • 221383: cotton ceremonial cloth
    Photographer: Diane Alexander White : Field Museum of Natural History
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: cotton ceremonial cloth
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    Scanner: Aidan Hercules : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-5 | Provenience: Africa. Western Nigeria. | People or Culture: Yoruba. Ijebu Group. | Object: Ceremonial cloth. | Material: Cotton and synthetic thread. | Description: Bread loom cloth of maroon and dark blue threa [card cut off] threads. Decorated with false embroidery in orange, green, synthetic threads. Alternating horizontal bands of zoomorphic themes of blue, orange, ["and yellow" crossed out] Checkered patterns of long green and orange threads. Warped threads twisted into fringe at both ends. Worn over shoulder by chiefs and other leaders as signs of status. | Dimensions: (in cm.) Lt; 144.5 cm- Width; 46.0 cm. | Collection: Purchased from Mr. Dan R. Aronson 15 October 1967. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 221383 | Field No. | Neg. No. 2 | Acc. 2978
Catalog Number: 221383.nosub[1]
Description: cloth
Materials: cotton
Cultural Attribution: Yoruba, Ijebu Group
Accession Number: [2978] D. R. Aronson (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1967
Collector/Source: Dan R. Aronson, Dan R. Aronson
EMu IRN: 1127527
GUID: 16988a22-1ab7-4e9b-b653-3fe80abfac26

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