Figurative Coverlet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 May 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 1969 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Allen Davis
label: Donor Name
content: Allen Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: White cotton, fringed fabric with dark blue embroidery in the shapes of turtles or tortoises, reptiles/lizards, lions, cars/automobiles, airplane, geometric shapes and borders. Donor describes as: "Voltaic Figurative Coverlet"; "Cotton coverlet woven by hand in narrow strips and then stitched together by hand. Probably Mossi or Gurunsi. Purchased in Upper Volta in 1969-70 at a regional fair by Alan Davis."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 May 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Burkina Faso, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mende
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2074982
label: USNM Number
content: E434893-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Coverlet
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 242 cm
label: Width
content: 149 cm