Man's Jacket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Aug 2001
label: Collection Date
content: 1998
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: MAN'S JACKET IS SEWN FROM COTTON PATCHES IN SHADES OF BROWN; SOME PATCHES HAVE MUD-DYED DESIGN INCORPORATED INTO THEM. JACKET HAS COLLAR, BUTTON UP FRONT W/ METAL STUDS. 4 FRONT POCKETS, UPPER 2 HAVE FLAPS VISIBLE, BOTTOM 2 WHICH ARE BIGGER ARE VISIBLE IN ENTIRETY. SLEEVES OPENINGS ARE WIDE BUT ADJUSTABLE. INSIDE LINED W/ BRONW POLYESTER. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, AFTER CHRIS SEYDOU'S DEATH, THE TAILORS WHO HAD PRODUCED HIS FASHIONS REMAINED TOGETHER TO CONTINUE PRODUCING CLOTHING. THIS ITEM REFLECTS THE VARIATIONS OF SEYDOU'S DESIGN. THE JACKET WAS PURCHASED FROM SAN TORO, WHICH IS THE ATELIER'S COMMERCIAL OUTLET IN BAMAKO. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CHRIS SEYDOU.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "This unisex parka uses a patchwork technique to create a lively pattern and a contemporary bògòlan look. "
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Mar 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bamako, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Malian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416175
label: USNM Number
content: E428422-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jacket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 160 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 95 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm