Neck Wallet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Virginia Bavendam
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Virginia Bavendam
notes: label: Notes
content: MAN'S ELABORATE LEATHER NECK WALLET. CONSISTS OF 4 LEATHER RECTANGLES, FOLDED TOGETHER TO FORM A POUCH WITHFLAP COVER. LONG AND SHORT FRINGE ON BOTTOM. THIS SECTION SLIDES INTO LARGER SHEATH, ALSO RECTANGULAR WITH TWO SLEEVES PROJECTING FROM ONE END. NECK CORD, ATTACHED TO WALLET, PASSES UP THROUGH THESE SLEEVES. SOME SECTIONS DYED RED, YELLOW, BLACK OR TURQUOISE. SOME OF THE LEATHER SHOWS EMBOSSED DESIGNS. DESIGN ELEMENTS ON SHEATH INCLUDE APPLIQUE, LEATHER LACING, AND TUFTS OF MULTI- COLORED YARN. PURCHASED AT THE AGADEZ MARKET.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Agadez, Niger, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tuareg
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356946
label: USNM Number
content: E423863-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wallet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm