Demonstration Kit For Making Millet Stalk Mats
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1985
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Christine Conte
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Christine Conte
notes: label: Notes
content: DEMONSTRATION KIT SHOWING STEPS IN PRODUCTION OF MILLET STALK MATS.1/6 3 PIECES OF SHEATHED MILLET STALK "SORGINDI KAMANHANSE".2/6 PIECE OF UNSHEATHED MILLET STALK (STEP 2).3/6 LOT OF MILLET STALKS SPLIT IN HALF LENGTHWISE (STEP 3).4/6 5 PIECES OF MILLET STALK WITH PITH SHAVED AWAY (STEP 4). 5/6 LOT OF DYED AND UNDYED MILLET STALKS ("KONGU AND SORGINDI"), IN A BUNDLE. (STEP 5).6/6 UNFINISHED MAT BAND ("ZU"). (STEP 6).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Niamey (near), Niger, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wogo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370311
label: USNM Number
content: E425390-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat-Making Set
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 6, 3 Sheathed Stalks
content: 48.3 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 6, Unsheathed Stalk
content: 48.3 cm
label: Unknown - 4 Of 6, Stalk With Pith Shaved
content: 42 cm
label: Unknown - 3 Of 6, Lot Of Stalks
content: 48 cm