Man's Costume: Robe (Baban Riga)
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1985
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Christine Conte
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Christine Conte
notes: label: Notes
content: MAN'S COSTUME OF LIGHT BLUE SYNTHETIC MATERIAL WITH PATTERN IN CLOTH. WORN BY WEALTHY BUSINESSMEN OR HIGH LEVEL CIVIL SERVANTS. ROBE V-NECK, EMBROIDERED WITH WHITE COTTON THREAD.EMBROIDERY STYLE NAME: MALAM MALAM (KORANIC TEACHER). DESIGN MOTIFS: LIZAMI (BIT FOR A HORSE), ASKA TARA (NINE KNIVES OR RAZORS), HARABA (THE ENCLOSED SPACEAROUND THE MOSQUE), DAGI (SEAT OF THE MARABOUT), KADUNGA (THE WALL OF THE MOSQUE), KOFACHE (DOOR), MUSALACHE (MOSQUE)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Niamey, Niger, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hausa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370311
label: USNM Number
content: E425368-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Robe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Robe
content: 228 cm
label: Width - Robe
content: 126 cm