Woven Straw Knapsack "Alfor Cousin"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: SPECIMEN HAS SHOULDER STRAP AND IS DECORATED WITH SISAL BRAID EDGING AND SISAL TASSALS. THE "ALFOR COUSIN" IS TRADITIONALLY USED BY THE COUNTRY PEASANTS OF HAITI ON THEIR JOURNEYS. SISAL BRAIDED EDGES AND TASSALS ON THE FLAP ARE OFTEN COLORED WITH GREEN AND MAGENTA DYES. THIS SPECIMEN IS NATURAL COLOR. DESPITE THEIR UTILITARIAN ROLE, THESE OBJECTS TESTIFY TO THE AESTHETIC IMPULSES IN THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF HAITI (SEE H. COURLANDER, 1960 THE DRUM AND THE HOE, P. 120.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Petion-Ville, Ouest Province, Haiti, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Haitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: ET7151-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knapsack