Industrial Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Mar 2002
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Christine M. Kreamer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Christine M. Kreamer
notes: label: Notes
content: THE PATTERN NAME MEANS DEATH HAS TURNED MY LIFE UPSIDE DOWN (OWUO AMA MAKA AKYI - OWUO IS THE TWI WORD FOR DEATH). DESIGN IS DARK BLUE PRINTED ON LIGHT BLUE BACKGROUND. MOTIF IS PEACOCK-FEATHER LIKE WITH A DARK BLUE CIRCLE AGAINST A STRIATED LARGER CIRCLE. THE REST OF THE BACKGROUND IS FILLED WITH OVERLAPPING FISH-SCALE LIKE DESIGN. ALONG SELVAGE IS PRINTED "OWUO AMA MAKA AKYI," "VERITABLE WAX," AND "GUARANTEED REAL WAX." MANUFACTURER'S LABELS "AKOSOMBO TEXTILES LTD - ATL - GUARANTEED SUPER WAX PRINT" AND "AKOSOMBO - ATL - VERITABLE WAX."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Legon, Ghana, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416145
label: USNM Number
content: E428693-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 117.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 100 cm