Wig
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Oct 1895
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A CLUSTER OF FIBER BRAIDS, 7 TO 17 CM. LONG, FASTENED TO THREE CONCENTRIC RINGS OF FIBER. THE BRAIDS ARE KNOTTED AT THE ENDS. COLOR: DARK GRAYISH BROWN. A "WIG" OF THIS TYPE IS ILLUSTRATED AS WORN BY A BARA WOMAN OF S.E. MADAGASCAR IN H. DESCHAMPS, HISTOIRE DE MADAGASCAR (PARIS, 1961), OPP. P. 96."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Madagascar, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bara
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029967
label: USNM Number
content: E175349-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wig
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: 17 cm