Roll of Strip Cloth / Textile
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Nov 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 2003
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Handwoven textile strip. Balanced plain weave, undyed / natural color. Thread is handspun, single ply Z twist cotton. Unhemmed, unfinished ends. Rolled into large roll. This is part of a set (catalog numbers E432936 - E432939) that was made by Nakunte Diarra for the 2003 SI Folklife Festival to demonstrate the steps in making mudcloth. Strips of cloth like this are cut to length and stitched together lengthwise to produce wider cloths, which can then be used to make mudcloth ("bogolanfini"). See E432937 - E432939 for the other steps in the process.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washington, District of Columbia, Mali / United States, Africa / North America
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: 2034092
label: USNM Number
content: E432936-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Textile
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 15 cm
label: Width
content: 19.5 cm
label: Length
content: ca. 23.5 cm