Mat
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: CLOSELY WOVEN, RECTANGULAR MAT IN NATURAL & DARK BROWN W/ A CANE WARP & RAFFIA WEFT. CANE IS FROM CLIMBING PALM "CALAMUS DERRATUS." ONE SIDE DARKER THAN OTHER. MOSTLY USED FOR SLEEPING BUT ALSO FOR SITTING. SOMETIMES PART OF A "BRIDE PRICE." MADE BY THE WOMEN OF KONKOBA DURING DRY SEASON. MADE FOR LOCAL USE & FOR SALE IN KABALA. BOTH MALE & FEMALE FAMILY MEMBERS MAY GATHER THE MATERIALS. DYE WAS PROBABLY PURCHASED AS NOT LOCAL. SEE MANUSCRIPT PP. 134-142, CATALOG PP. 14, 21-22.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Konkoba, Koinadugu District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Limba
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: E427419-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 172 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 110 cm