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: Pieced raffia cloth, probably skirt. The center panel is natural colored raffia, embroidered with black dyed raffia, which has altered to a navy blue. The border panels are likewise natural raffia with black, now blue, embroidery. One section of the border has red stitching as well. One end is fringed. According to Dr. Judith Knight, the black dye is made from iron dross.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Mar 2022
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: E434904-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 129 cm
label: Width
content: 68 cm