Cloth. Pattern name: Jealousy or My co-wife's eye
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: University of Missouri at Kansas City
notes: label: Notes
content: PATTERN NAME IS THE EYE OF THE CO-WIFE OR JEALOUSY (SINAMUSOYA NYE). DESIGN MOTIFS ALTERNATE BETWEEN A SQUARE WITH A LARGE STYLIZED OPEN EYE AGAINST A WHITE BACKGROUND FILLED WITH WAVY BLACK LINES, A SQUARE IN GREEN AND BLACK OF ALTERNATING ROWS OF OPEN EYES AND LIPS, AND A SMALLER OPEN EYE AGAINST WHITE BACKGROUND FILLED WITH TINY SQUIGGLY LINES. ALONG SELVAGE IS PRINTED "COMATEX S.A." ACCORDING TO THE ACCESSION FILE, THE COMATEX COMPANY IS LOCATED IN SEGOU, MALI.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit, the meaning of pattern name: "Jealousy and tension can exist between co-wives in the same household."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bamako, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420721
label: USNM Number
content: E428662-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 185 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 112.3 cm