FMNH 221065.nosub[1]

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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 | 22-54 | Provenience: Monrovia, Liberia | People or Culture: Prob. Vai | Object: Sample of tie-dyed cloth | Material: Cotton, blue dye | Description: Irregularly shaped swatch with profuse light colored forms suggesting irridescence; prob. made by random bunching and tying of an already dyed cloth prior to immersion in a bleaching solution. | Dimensions: (in cm.) Length: 22.2; width: 13.8. | Collection: Presented by Mrs. Geneva Hunt 11 April 1967. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 221065 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 2949 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
Catalog Number: 221065.nosub[1]
Description: cloth sample
Materials: cotton, dye
Cultural Attribution: Vai
Accession Number: [2949] Mrs. G. Hunt (Gift)
Accession Year:
City/Town: Monrovia
Collector/Source: Mrs. Geneva Hunt, Mrs. Geneva Hunt
EMu IRN: 1127216
GUID: 5a2bbe89-bf9c-4526-aa44-629487ccc82e

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