Hammock
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: WOVEN RECTANGULAR HAMMOCK IN BLACK, TAN & BROWN. HAS DESIGN OF HORIZONTAL STRIPES W/ 1 BROWN SQUARE IN CENTER. LONG SIDES HAVE FIBER BRAIDS IN NATURAL COLOR, TAN, & BLACK. EVERY 2 BRAIDS TIED TO TASSEL (20 IN ALL). SHORT ENDS HAVE SLIGHTLY CURVED WOOD SUPPORT W/ BURNT GEOMETRIC DESIGN. "HUANDO" DYE GIVES BLACK COLOR. PURCHASED AT KABALA AGRICULTURAL FAIR. TECHNIQUE WAS RAFFIA ROLLED ON MAKER'S THIGH, PROBABLY MADE BY MEN? SEE MANUSCRIPT P. 112, CATALOG PP. 15, 21.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kabala, Koinadugu District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Limba/Kuranko
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: E427415-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hammock
physicalDescription: label: Length - W/o Rope
content: 202 cm
label: Width - W/tassels
content: 107 cm