Chieftain's Robe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2005
label: Collection Date
content: Late 1850s
name: label: Collector
content: John S. Brooks
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Candace Brown
notes: label: Notes
content: Long tunic with embroidery. Made from several strips of handwoven, handspun cloth, sewn together selvedge-to-selvedge, then folded over at the shoulder and sewn halfway up the sides, leaving slits for arm-holes. The bottom edge and one armhole are hemmed. The neckhole is rectangular, extending downward, with a large "u" shaped pocket added just below. The neck is surrounded with embroidered geometric patterns in blue, white, yellow, and red. Two bands of appliqued red wool fabric, heavily damaged. Center of back has an embroidered medallion with clover or cross shape in the center. The ground cloth is strips of balanced plain weave cloth, tan color with blue warp stripes. Handspun, single-ply Z twist cotton thread.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2029672
label: USNM Number
content: E432140-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Robe
physicalDescription: label: Width - Across Shoulder
content: 107 cm
label: Length
content: 99 cm