Straw and Thread Hair Decoration
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: Hair decoration. Made from a piece of cord (?) wrapped in black thread and doubled over, forming a wider piece with a loop at the top. Attached to this piece are (from the top) a white plastic ring, 3 rings wrapped in gold thread, and 3 spheres wrapped in gold thread. Exactly like catalog number E432931. Mary Jo Arnoldi, Curator for African Ethnology, says this type of jewelry is known as "poor people's gold". They have been made in Mali for several decades and are still widely available for sale in local markets in Mali.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E432929-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hair Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 12 cm
label: Width
content: 4.5 cm
label: Height
content: 3 cm