Commeorative Cloth, Shirt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Apr 2002
label: Collection Date
content: Oct. 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Kevin J. Freer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Kevin J. Freer
notes: label: Notes
content: MAN'S SHIRT, MADE IN 1976. CLOTH MADE IN SOUTH AFRICA, TAILORED IN A SHOP IN MASERU, LESOTHO. COMMEMORATES THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF LESOTHO'S INDEPENDENCE. CLOTH IS FACTORY WOVEN, FACTORY PRINTED. SHIRT IS MACHINE SEWN. WHITE, BLUE, AND BLACK. SAME STYLE AS E430419. DEPICTS A WOMAN WITH HER BABY PREPARING A TRADITIONAL DISH OF PAPA (CORN MEAL) IN AN OUTSIDE COOKING AREA. BOTH THE WOMAN AND MAN ARE WEARING TRADITIONAL BLANKETS. THE MAN IS ALSO WEARING A BASOTHO HAT MADE OF STRAW. Aloe plants surround the roundaval with its neatly thatched roof. Fabric BORDERS (SHIRT COLLAR AND SLEEVES) ARE A ROW OF VERTICAL BARS AND A ROW OF REPEATING TEXT "LESOTHO 10". ONE PATTERN REPEAT EACH SIDE OF SHIRT. LARGE 70S-STYLECOLLAR, SHORT SLEEVES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lesotho, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sotho (Basotho)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2023989
label: USNM Number
content: E430418-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object, Including Collar
content: 75 cm