FMNH 220853.E

Scanner: Marissa Rivera : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
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 underlined in red, 8 written in red] 22-58 | Provenience: Sierra Leone | People or Culture: Mendi | Object: Mask costume: Yoma Yoma Devil | Material: Cotton cloth, raffia fibers, undetermined fibers (hair?), wood, cowries, feathers, cane | Description: A- Head dress and face mask: crown and cylindrical stalk made of cane covered with Europe. cloth in diff. colors, 3 madded rings around stalk, each ring separated with cowries sewn end to end, plumes at apex of stalk, between crown and stalk 6 wooden tablets (3 to a side) with Arabic inscriptions; around crown 4 pouches sewn to cloth; "bangs" of undetermined fiber over face mask; fask mask (over) | Dimensions (in cm.): Head dress total length 89 cm. | Collection: Purchased from Mr. Maxwell F. Samura (collector), 13 October 1966. | [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 220853 A-F | Field No. | Neg No. Ae | Acc. 2924 | [BACK] [MAIN BODY] a sample hood of homespun cloth, a black patch sewn on the center. | B-Shirt: voluminous poncho-like garment of homespun cloth; one tailored sleeve; the other side closed; in the middle of the chest a ring-like pad covered with red cloth decorated by 2 rows of cowries sewn end to end. | C-Ruff of raffia fibers. | D-E- 2 anklets of raffia fibers. F-"Sceptre: armature prob. of cane covered with rings of red and black Europ. cloth. | [PHOTOGRAPH NOTATION] Dimensions: diam. of crown of head dress 24.5 cm. | shirt length 114 cm, width 93 cm. | ruff length 65 cm, width 39 cm. | anklets length 54 cm., width 21 cm. | sceptre length 61 cm. | [PHOTOGRAPH labelled A., B., C., D., E., and F.]