Commemorative Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Apr 2002
label: Collection Date
content: Oct. 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Kevin J. Freer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Kevin J. Freer
notes: label: Notes
content: WOMAN'S SCARF, MADE IN 1976. COMMEMORATES THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF LESOTHO'S INDEPENDENCE. CLOTH MADE IN SOUTH AFRICA, FACTORY WOVEN, FACTORY PRINTED.DESIGN IS SAME STYLE AS E430418. HEMMED RECTANGLE. DARK PINK, BLACK, AND WHITE. DEPICTS A SCENE IN WHICH A GROUP OF THREE BASOTHO MEN ARE GATHERED AROUND A POT OF SORGHUM BEER (JOALA). THEY ARE WEARING TRADITIONAL BLANKETS AND HATS STILL COMMON THROUGHOUT LESOTHO, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAIN VILLAGES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lesotho, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sotho (Basotho)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2023989
label: USNM Number
content: E430419-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scarf
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 132 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 30.5 cm