Leg Bands 2
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Apr 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Donald C. Butts
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. K W. Butts
notes: label: Notes
content: ORNAMENTAION AMONG BUSH NEGROES [sic] IS MORE COMMON FOR WOMEN THAN MEN BUT BOTH SEXES TRADITIONALLY WORE CHARMS OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER. THESE ARE FOR GOOD FORTUNE IN HUNTING, SAFETY, AND TO WARD OFF "OBEAH" (SORCERY). BOTH MEN AND WOMEN WEAR TIGHTLY FITTED BANDS OF WOVEN COTTON FIBRE JUST BELOW THE KNEEE, MEN ALSO WEAR THEM ABOUT THE BICEPS. THESE ARM AND LEG BANDS ARE THE ONLY FABRICS TRADITIONALLY WOVEN BY BUSH NEGROES [sic], THE COTTON CLOTH WAS OBTAINED THROUGH TRADE WITH THE DUTCH. (SEE PHILLIP DARK 1954 BUSH NEGRO ART: AN AFRICAN ART IN THE AMERICAS, pp. 10, 15.)
label: Notes
content: The Recovering Voices Community Research Visit of Matawai Maroons from Suriname took place September 8-19, 2018. These comments were made by community members, elder Jozef Dennert, bassia Tina Henkie, and Rolien Sallons on Friday, September 14, 2018. The group conferred on comments to make about the collections objects so all notes are attributed to the group as a whole. The Matawai word for this is "sepu." These leg bands are worn by both men and women, below the knee and above the calf. They serve a decorative function. These are handmaid to the wearer and a mold, usually a reuse of a certain kind of bottle, is used as measurement for the weaving. For larger calves, a larger mold would be used. All leg bands have different designs.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Suriname, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Suriname Maroon
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 277656
label: USNM Number
content: E409771-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Leg Band