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: RECTANGULAR HAMMOCK MADE FROM BRAIDED BROWN FIBERS (CALLED "KPETI POUI" OR "CLAPPERTONIA FICIFOLIA") LASHED TOGETHER W/ TWINED TAN CORDS IN 10 PLACES, W/ BRAIDED ENDS EXTENDING APPROX. 10 CM OFF OF THE HAMMOCK. VINE WRAPPED AROUND THE LOOPS OF ONE END. MALE ARTISAN'S FIRST NAME KPELEGBINI MEANS "SOMEONE WHO TWISTS BEARDS." ARTISAN WAS A TRADER WHO WENT BLIND, THEN LEARNED TO MAKE HAMMOCKS FOR SALE. TECHNIQUE: BEGAN BY MAKING LONG DOUBLE BRAIDS, ATTACHES THEM TO STANDING FRAME (SEE FIELD NOTES). BUYS RAFFIA PALM OR OIL PALM FOR MATERIALS. MEASURES WEFT BRAIDING W/ SPAN OF HAND. ITEM CAN BE HUNG FOR SLEEPING OR HUNG AS A SACK FOR A CHAIR. SEE MANUSCRIPT P. 112, CATALOG PP. 15, 22.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bai Lago, Bo District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mende
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427477-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hammock
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 228 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 75 cm