FMNH 245622.nosub[1]

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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: West Africa - Sierra Leone, Freetown | People or Culture: [Sierra Leone crossed out] Kadiato Kamara (Temne) | Object: Textile | Material: Cotton Damask | Description: [Bolt of crossed out] cotton damask dyed with indigo and kola in a scattered candle wax resist pattern. Colors are brown, olive, and pale blue. In the light areas, the wax was crinkled to produce a veined effect. The end are lined and hemmed for the insertion of rods. | Dimensions (in cm.): 20 yards long by 51 in. | Collection: Purchased from Kadiato Kamara of Freetown, artist. Freetown, Sierra Leone. Dec. 30, 1974.For the African arts Festival. | [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 245622 | Field No. copy made | Neg No. 71 | Acc. 3292 | [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH] [PHOTOGRAPH NOTATION] Cat. No. 245622 |
Catalog Number: 245622.nosub[1]
Description: cloth
Materials: cotton damask
Cultural Attribution: Temne
Accession Number: [3292] M. S. Wahlman (Purchase)
Accession Year:
Other Numbers: 2254
City/Town: Freetown
Collector/Source: Maude S. Wahlman, Maude S. Wahlman
EMu IRN: 1153331
GUID: 027d106e-9cbb-44b2-b671-ab8cc6a21f14

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