Women's embroidered “wedding pants” ("Sanafil")
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jan 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 1973 to 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Marilyn Heldman
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Marilyn Heldman
notes: label: Notes
content: Pants with wide drawstring waist, large gusset in crotch, and very narrow legs. Tan cotton cloth (handwoven?), hand sewn. Embroidered in purple, green, and black on legs, with knot motifs, chevrons, etc. Brass buttons at ankles. Donor says "[this would be called] sanafil in Amharic and Tigrinya. Sometimes known as 'wedding pants' as a bride would wear them in the ceremony when she travels on horse or mule to her new husband's house. Though collected in 1973-74, this pair of trousers is considerably older."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ethiopia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tigrinya (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2045574
label: USNM Number
content: E432967-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trousers
physicalDescription: label: Length - Waist To Crotch
content: 56 cm
label: Length - Waist To Ankle
content: 106 cm
label: Width - At Waist
content: 52 cm