Commemorative Political Textile - Wrapper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Nov 1993
label: Collection Date
content: 1963 to 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ernest W. Lefever
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ernest W. Lefever
notes: label: Notes
content: (FRONT) BLACK BACKGROUND COVERED W/ CHEVRON PATTERN IN YELLOW. RUNNING LENGTHWISE ARE 3 DIAMOND-SHAPED PANELS IN YELLOW. EACH PANEL CENTER HAS A NAVY-BLUE CIRCULAR FRAME FEATURING A REPRODUCTION OF A PHOTO OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. OVERLAYING THIS CIRCULAR FRAME ARE NAVY-BLUE LINES. OUTSIDE THE FRAME ARE WAVY HORIZONTAL LINES IN NAVY-BLUE. PANEL HAS BORDER OF YELLOW LINES ON NAVY-BLUE. ABOVE & BELOW THE SPACE BETWEEN EACH PANEL ARE PRINTS OF A MODIFIED U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SEAL IN YELLOW OUTLINED IN NAVY-BLUE. SEAL DESIGN IS OF AN EAGLE W/ OUTSPREAD WINGS, HEAD FACING PR, BEAK HOLDING A BANNER, BODY IS A SHIELD W/ STARS & STRIPES DESIGN. CLAWS HOLD FLORAL BRANCH IN ONE, ARROWS IN OTHER. ABOVE HEAD IS AURA OF STARS ARRANGEMENT IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN. NARROW BORDERS RUNNING LENGTHWISE AT TOP & BOTTOM INCLUDE FOLLOWING: "ELSON & NEILL A11083 PRESIDENT KENNEDY." ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, THIS OBJECT IS A COMMEMORATIVE POLITICAL CLOTH. STYLISTICALLY FROM CENTRAL/WEST AFRICA. SEE CONDITION REPORT IN ACCESSION FILE, PROVIDED BY NMAFA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400185
label: USNM Number
content: E427926-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 180 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 178.5 cm