Commemorative Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Mar 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1971
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
notes: label: Notes
content: Cloth designed and printed in Senegal to commemorate the official visit of General Yakubu Gowon, Nigerian head of state, to Senegal in 1971. It is an unhemmed length of cloth, cut from a bolt. The background is black with tiny yellow dots and lines. Diagonal stripes with the words "vive le General Gowon" and "vive le President L.S.Senghor". The central medallions include images of Senghor and Gowon. Border includes the words "Vive l"unite Africaine".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Dakar, Senegal, 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: 2034105
label: USNM Number
content: E431586-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 199 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 115 cm