Amulets 3
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Oct 1893
name: label: Collector
content: Prof Orator F. Cook Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Prof Orator F. Cook Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CONSISTING OF PASSAGES OF THE KORAN SEWED INTO LEATHER." 1) RECTANGULAR BOX COVERED WITH RED, YELLOW AND BLACK LEATHER WITH CUT-OUT GEOMETRIC DESIGNS AND TWO PIECES OF INLAID METAL. L. 9 CM. W. 5.5 CM. TH. 3 CM. 2) SPOOL-SHAPED CONTAINER COVERED IN SAME MANNER, NO METAL INLAY. H. 8.8 CM. D. 5 CM. LEATHER CARRYING STRAPS MISSING. 168083 FIVE. 3) TRIANGULAR SHAPES OF WOOD (?) COVERED WITH LEATHER, HUNG FROM LEATHER STRAPS. 3.5 CM. TRIANGLES. LOANED TO N.M.AF.A. 10-7-83. RETURNED 5-18-84." Reference for amulet 1: Bravmann, Rene´ A. 1983. African Islam. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, Pl. 23, p. 36.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Dec 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 7
place: label: Place
content: Liberia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mandingo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027475
label: USNM Number
content: E168083-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amulet
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 3
content: 9 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 3
content: 5.5 cm
label: Total Height - 1 Of 3
content: 3 cm
label: Height - 2 Of 3
content: 8.8 cm
label: Depth - 2 Of 3
content: 5 cm
label: Unknown - 3 Of 3
content: 3.5 cm