Barkcloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Feb 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1983 to 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Carol F. Jopling
label: Donor Name
content: Carol F. Jopling
notes: label: Notes
content: TWO PIECES OF BARKCLOTH WITH TRADITIONAL SPANISH STENCILED DESIGNS AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF BIBLE STORIES AND OTHER RELIGIOUS MOTIFS AND NATURALISTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS. PAINTED IN COLORS OBTAINED FROM THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. THE ARTIST, OF INDIAN (POSSIBLY GUAYMI) AND SPANISH DESCENT, WHO LIVES IN A REMOTE AREA, WAS INSTRUCTED IN THE USE OF NATURAL MATERIALS BY DIANA CHIARI, PANAMANIAN ARTIST OF LONG STANDING. PURCHASED FROM DIANA CHIARI, 1983/84.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Panama, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Guaymi (Ngäbe)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 368048
label: USNM Number
content: E424474-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Barkcloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 59.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 34 cm