Rectangular Leather Amulet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2005
label: Collection Date
content: Late 1850s
name: label: Collector
content: John S. Brooks
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Candace Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: Rectangular brown leather amulet. Made from one piece of leather stretched over (wooden?) form and sewn together on the back. Front has stamped lines tracing the border. Center has a raised rectangle with lines around the border and a crosshatching pattern in the center. Back and sides are undecorated. Front has 2 holes punched through to the top, indicating that it was probably worn horizontally.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2029672
label: USNM Number
content: E432127-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amulet
physicalDescription: label: Width
content: 6.2 cm
label: Length
content: 9.7 cm
label: Height
content: 2.4 cm