FMNH 221518.nosub[1]

  • 221518: Horse's decorative
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    Description: Horse's decorative face-covering of red leather, silver wire, yarn and sequins. Horizontal band decorated with appliqué of wire, sequins and cloth. From its lower edge are suspended three wide ranks of black silk tassels. From center of upper edge runs wide band decorated in same way as horizontal band. Outer end of this is joined to red leather strap crossing from one end of horizontal band to other.
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    Scanner: Grace Apfeld : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    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 decorative face-covering | Material: red leather; silver wire; silk-like yarn; sequins; diverse kinds of cloth. | Description: horizontal band decorated with appliqué of wire, sequins and cloth; from its lower edge are suspended three wide ranks of black silk tassels; from the center of its upper edge runs a wide band decorated in the same way as the horiz. band; the outer end of this is joined to a red leather strap ["running" crossed out] crossing from one end of the horiz. band to the other | Dimensions: (in cm.) | Collection: Purchased from Mr. David H. Spain 30 April 1968. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 221518 | Field No. | Neg. No. 109194 A9 | Acc. 3017 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH] | 221518
Catalog Number: 221518.nosub[1]
Description: horse face-covering
Materials: leather, cloth, sequins, metal; silver wire, silk yarn
Cultural Attribution: Kanuri
Accession Number: [3017] D. H. Spain (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1968
Collector/Source: David H. Spain, David H. Spain
EMu IRN: 1127669
GUID: 558618fe-8341-4447-b210-8c958794be9a

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