Mudcloth Textile in Process: First Stage
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Nov 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 2003
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Two pieces of handwoven strip cloth. Each made from 7 cloth strips sewn together with zig-zag stitch. Balanced plain weave. Thread is handspun, single ply Z twist cotton. Unhemmed, unfinished ends. Dyed yellow -- much darker on one side than the other. Otherwise undecorated. This is part of a set (catalog numbers E432936 - E432939) that was made by Nakunte Diarra for the 2003 SI Folklife Festival to demonstrate the steps in making mudcloth. This represents the first stage, when the cloth is dyed with yellow mordant.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Washington, District of Columbia, Mali / United States, Africa / North America
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: 2034092
label: USNM Number
content: E432937-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Textile
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2
content: 137 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2
content: 88.5 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2
content: 136 cm