Wooden Sandals
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Oct 1921
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Herbert Ward
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Sarita S. Ward
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Presented to Herbert Ward by the Arab chief, Tippo Tib [a.k.a. Tippu Tip]. Each sandal has on it an Arabic inscription in ink." Reference: Bravmann, Rene´ A. 1983. African Islam. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, Pl. 84, p. 106. Identified there as being signed "I have presented these clogs to my friend Mister Ward, English Govn't," signed Hamed bin Muhammad. A token of friendship from the famous Zanzibar trader Tippu Tip (born Hamed bin Muhammed al Murjebi) to the English artist and adventurer Herbert Ward, circa 1890; Swahili; wood, ink; 28 cm.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Jun 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Arab
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 067312
label: USNM Number
content: E323366-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sandal
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 28 cm