FMNH 221516.nosub[1]

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    Scanner: Grace Apfeld : 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 | 21-17 | Provenience: Nigeria: Bornu Province | People or Culture: Kanuri | Object: horse's chest ornament | Material: diverse kinds of cloth; silver wire; sequins; silk yarn; iron (buckles) | Description: two wide horizontal bands of cloth joined along their long sides and faced with embroidery in silver wire; from the lower edge of the lower band depends a bright red cloth; over this hang four ranks of black silk tassels on blue braids. | Dimensions: (in cm.) | Collection: Purchased from Mr. David H. Spain 30 April 1968. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 221516 | Field No. | Neg. No. A9 | Acc. 3017 [BACK] 221516 | [PHOTOGRAPH]
Catalog Number: 221516.nosub[1]
Description: horse chest ornament
Materials: cloth, sequins, metal; silver wire, silk yarn, metal; iron
Cultural Attribution: Kanuri
Accession Number: [3017] D. H. Spain (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1968
Collector/Source: David H. Spain, David H. Spain
EMu IRN: 1127666
GUID: 85463df5-629b-4893-8960-d9e140425ea1

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