Rope Harness
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: NATURAL COLORED BOY'S HARNESS USED FOR CLIMBING TREES. IS A LONG CORD-LIKE OBJECT MADE FROM 5 THIN STICKS BENT & WRAPPED 2/3 THROUGH W/ FIBER. THE 2 ENDS ARE ALSO WRAPPED & KNOTTED W/ FIBER TO FORM SMOOTH BULBOUS KNOBS. THE ENDS ARE TIED TOGETHER TO FORM A HOOP. THE UNWRAPPED SECTION WITH EXPOSED STICKS IS USED TO BRACE THE BODY WHILE CLIMBING. MADE BY MEN FOR USE BY BOYS. COULD ALSO BE MADE FOR TEACHING. SEE MANUSCRIPT P. 62, ALSO FIELD PHOTOS OF SIMILAR OBJECT THAT'S NOT IN THE COLLECTION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Jaiahun, Bo District, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427479-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rope Harness
physicalDescription: label: Height - Folded
content: 82 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6 cm