Hammock
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: MEASUREMENTS: L. 177 CM (BETWEEN SUPPORTS), W. 115 CM (W/ TASSELS). RECTANGULAR HAMMOCK IN NATURAL, BROWN, REDDISH BROWN W/ OPEN WEAVE IN WAVY & TWINED PATTERN. BRAIDED TRIM ON SIDES W/ 8 LARGE TASSELS. HAS 2 CARVED WOOD SUPPORTS W/ BURNT DESIGNS. ENDS HAVE ROPE FOR HANGING. MALE MAKER IS A FARMER & COLLECTS HIS OWN MATERIALS. DYE IS MADE FROM "HUWADO" (STICKS) BOILED W/ RAFFIA TO MAKE BLACK COLOR. LEFT(?) IN SWAMP FOR 2 HRS. TIL DRIED. "KUBIRO" (DYE & NAME OF COLOR?) BARK W/ KUBIRO SCRAPED INTO HOT WATER, THEN RAFFIA IS ADDED. PROCESS: MAKES RAFFIA INTO STRING, SETS IT ON A FRAME, KNOTTED ON END. TAKES ABOUT 1 WEEK. COMMISSIONED PRODUCTS. SEE MANUSCRIPT P. 112.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sakuta, Koinadugu District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Limba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427416-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hammock
physicalDescription: label: Length - Between Supports
content: 177 cm
label: Width - W/ Tassels
content: 115 cm