Wrapper skirt, raffia
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 May 2017
name: label: Collector
content: Allen Davis
label: Donor Name
content: Allen Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Raffia cloth, probably skirt. The center panel is dyed red, and is embroidered with a cut pile. The border panels are undyed raffia with pale green embroidery. Edged with undyed raffia and cotton cloth. According to Dr. Judith Knight, "The deep red is a dye called 'twool' which is from a tree called pterocarpus and/or Baphia pubescens.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 May 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kuba
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2074982
label: USNM Number
content: E434902-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 137 cm
label: Width
content: 60 cm