Hairpin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Mar 1895
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. John H. Camp
label: Donor Name
content: Capt. John H. Camp
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "AN IRON PIN, POINTED AT ONE END, OTHER END SPATULATE, AND WITH A PORTION OF THE SHANK SPLIT INTO TWO AND THREE BRANCHES; PARTLY WRAPPED WITH COPPER WIRE. HAIRPINS (RAZORS?) OF THIS TYPE ARE REPORTED FROM "BIRA," UPPER UELLE DISTRICT. REFS.: 1) G. LINDBLOM, "AFRICAN RAZORS," SMARRE MEDDELANDEN NR. 19, ETHNOGRAPHICAL MUSEUM OF SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM 1943, FIG. 25 AND TEXT P. 13. 2) LEIDEN MUSEUM, ALBUM OF THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE CONGO-BASIN, PLATES 25 AND 26, SIM. HAIRPINS ASCRIBED TO CLEANED, SEE RESTORATION RECORD 11-12-64/"MOBANGI"."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ngala
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 028914
label: USNM Number
content: E169239-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hairpin
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 17.8 cm