Wrapper skirt, raffia
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 May 2017
name: label: Collector
content: Allen Davis
label: Donor Name
content: Allen Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Pieced raffia cloth, probably skirt. The center panel is dyed red, and is embroidered. It is made from two panels sewn together. The border panels are undyed raffia with black embroidery. Two narrow panels are a light brown with black embroirdery. Edged with commericial red cloth and bound with cotton. One portion of the edge is not commercial red dye, but twool, and is reversed. According to Dr. Judith Knight, "The deep red is a dye called 'twool' which is from a tree called pterocarpus and/or Baphia pubescens.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 May 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kuba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2074982
label: USNM Number
content: E434903-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 137 cm
label: Width
content: 79 cm