Slab Of Salt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Eric Silla
label: Donor Name
content: Eric Silla
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR SLAB OF SALT IS DIRTY-WHITE AND HAS A ROUGH SURFACE. TRACES OF GRAPHITE MARK THE SURFACE. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, SALT BARS LIKE THIS ONE WERE IMPORTANT AS A CURRENCY AND AS ITEMS OF TRADE IN SOUTHERN MALI AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. THE SALT WAS MINED IN THE DESERT REGION OF NORTHERN MALI, BROUGHT TO NORTHERN MARKETS AND TRADED SOUTHWARD. IT IS STILL THE PREFERRED SALT FOR SOME MALIANS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gao, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420706
label: USNM Number
content: E428280-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Salt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 48 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 6 cm