Mud-Dyed Zippered Jacket
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Oct 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
notes: label: Notes
content: SHORT, WAIST-LENGTH JACKET MADE OF THICK COTTON, LINED W/ PLAIN BLACK COTTON. ZIPPED UP FRONT W/ STUDS AT COLLAR & BOTTOM HEM, 2 SIDE POCKETS ALSO ZIPPED, PADDED SHOULDERS, MAKER'S LABEL INSIDE COLLAR "CHRIS SEYDOU PARIS." BACK IS PLEATED, SLEEVES CUFFED & STUDDED. MUD-DYED GEOMETRIC DESIGN IS WHITE ON BLACK. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THE MAKER CHRIS SEYDOU STARTED SEWING AT AGE 16. HE LATER WENT TO PARIS TO CREATE BOGOLAN FASHION & WORKED IN THE STUDIOS OF YVES ST. LAURENT. LATER HE WORKED IN THE IVORY COAST & IN MALI.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Dec 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bamako, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Malian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416175
label: USNM Number
content: E428419-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jacket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 154 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 66 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4 cm