FMNH 222748.nosub[1]

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    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History - Ethnology | 22-08 | Provenience: Africa, Liberia | People or Culture: Kpelle | Object: cloth | Material: dyed cotton | Description: Two pieces of machine woven cotton machine stiched [sic] together. Veregated [sic] colors overlay the white background to create a dark blue or almost black. The colors can be seen individually before portions of white as blue, green, and purple. The wrapping for the tye dying was done in very small sections. The pattern changes about every 2 cm. | Dimensions: (in cm.) length 162 x width 114 | Collection: Purchase from Pierre Rayon 1973 [LEFT MARGIN] A | 222748 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 3284
Catalog Number: 222748.nosub[1]
Description: textile
Materials: cotton, dye
Cultural Attribution: Kpelle
Accession Number: [3284] M. S. Wahlman (Purchase)
Accession Year:
Collector/Source: Maude S. Wahlman, Pierre Rayon
EMu IRN: 1128921
GUID: 91961dcf-aea3-47d3-a428-2fc4e677a733

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