FMNH 222019.nosub[1]
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Description: cotton damask hand-dyed clothDownload fileScanner: Aidan Hercules : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
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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: West Africa, Sierra Leone, Freetown | People or Culture: Mende | Object: hand-dyed cloth | Material: cotton damask | Description: Lappa is kola brown and gara blue on white. Lengthwise stitching produced uneven lines approximately 7 cm. long. These lines and a border 20 cm wide are dyed blue. Piece has been restitched lengthwise and dyed and redyed to produce varying shades of brown. Pieced and unhemmed. From the Little E Street Market. [Contemporary African Arts exhibit at FM and traveling (Sec. V #1), 1974-1975.] | Dimensions (in cm.): 178 x 112 | Collection: Purchased from Maude Wahlman, April 1973. | [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 222019 | Field No. | Neg. No. Rosenthal Slide #F8938 | Acc. 3246 |Catalog Number: 222019.nosub[1]Description: garmentMaterials: cotton, dyeCultural Attribution: MendeAccession Number: [3246] Peace Corps (Purchase)Accession Year:Other Numbers: A105153c_F8938, F8938City/Town: FreetownCollector/Source: Peace Corps, Maude S. WahlmanEMu IRN: 1128157GUID: d730608a-0fa0-4868-8d86-23b387dca7ccDisclaimer: The Field Museum's online Anthropology Collections Database may contain cultural items and historical records that are culturally sensitive. Some records may also include offensive language. These records do not reflect the Field Museum's current viewpoint but rather the social attitudes and circumstances of the time period when items were collected or cataloged. Visitors to this site are also advised that some records may contain names, images, and recordings of deceased individuals and that some records document human remains.
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