FMNH 221861.nosub[1]

  • 221861 cloth
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    Transcriber: Emma Cieslik : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum-Ethnology | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 22-54 | Provenience: Africa Sierra Leone | People or Culture: Mende | Object: Lappa cloth | Material: Cotton damask | Description: Dark blue gara over right orange trillon. Narrow lines of sewn design form a single over-all diamond. Concentric lines are approximately 5 c.m. apart. Damask is dotted and fabric is pieced to lappa size. Lappa is hemmed. | Dimensions (in cm.): Length 175 c.m. Width 114 c.m. | Collection: Purchased from Mrs. Loretta R. Hill April 20, 1971 | [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 221861 | Field No. 1971-3 | Neg No. Rosenthal #8927 85 | Acc. 3219 | [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH NOTATION] Catalogue #221861 | [PHOTOGRAPH]
Catalog Number: 221861.nosub[1]
Description: cloth
Materials: cotton, dye
Cultural Attribution: Mende
Accession Number: [3219] L. R. Hill (Purchase)
Accession Year:
Other Numbers: 1971-3, 8927 85
Collector/Source: Loretta R. Hill, Loretta R. Hill
EMu IRN: 1128008
GUID: cf9d1f55-a33c-4290-89ec-9e6c8a6b752a

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