Nomadic House "Aqal"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Aug 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1980 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Anita Sulieman
label: Donor Name
content: Foundation For Crosscultural Understanding
notes: label: Notes
content: HOUSE IS MADE OF A FRAME MADE FROM 2 DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLES: STRAIGHT, PLAIN POLES AND CURVED, WRAPPED POLES. THE LATTER ARE WRAPPED WITH ROPES/FIBER. OVER THE FRAME ARE MATS MADE FROM RAFFIA AND ACACIA FIBERS. THE MATS ARE OF 3 KINDS: ROUGH ONES FOR THE ROOF, DECORATED ONES FOR THE LOWER EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE, AND DECORATED ONES FOR THE FLOOR. THERE ARE 53 POLES IN ALL (13 STRAIGHT, PLAIN ONES AND 40 CURVED, WRAPPED ONES). THERE ARE ABOUT 17 MATS IN ALL. THE MATS AND POLES ARE SECURED BY COLORFUL ROPES. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CONSTRUCTING AN AQAL CAN BE FOUND IN THE ACCESSION FILE.
label: Notes
content: Note: color digital negative # NHB2014-01237 is a good high resolution tiff image of this artifact on display in the NMNH African Voices exhibit in 2014.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Sep 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 25
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Somalia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Somali
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409930
label: USNM Number
content: E428663-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: House