Wooden tool for polishing leather
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Nov 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1980
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Labelle Prussin
notes: label: Notes
content: Smooth wooden tool. Almost flat, round on one end, pointed at the other. 2 notches carved on one side.
label: Notes
content: Donor's notes describe this as a "tool for polishing leather (nunnguranwal)". She says she acquired it in 1980 from a Fulani (Peul) leatherworker (garankeedyo) who made catalog numbers E431663 - E431665. References: Frank, Barbara. Mande Potters and Leatherworkers. 1998. Fig. 124.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Guinea, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fulani
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420734
label: USNM Number
content: E431632-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Polishing Tool
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 39 cm
label: Length - Large Bead
content: 2 cm
label: Width - Large Bead
content: 1.5 cm