Commemorative Political Textile - Wrapper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Nov 1993
label: Collection Date
content: 1963 to 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ernest W. Lefever
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ernest W. Lefever
notes: label: Notes
content: WHITE BACKGROUND W/ BLACK CURVILINEAR DESIGN. RUNNING LENGTHWISE IS A DESIGN COMPOSED OF AN ENLARGED MAP OF ZAMBIA SUPERIMPOSED OVER A MAP OF AFRICA IN GREEN W/ EACH NATION DELINEATED IN BLACK. ZAMBIA'S MAP HAS A YELLOW BACKGROUND, OUTLINED IN BLACK & BLUE. ABOVE THE AFRICA MAP IS A 2-LINES CAPTION: "ZAMBIA" IN GREEN ON YELLOW, THEN "PEACE AND PROSPERITY" IN BLUE ON YELLOW. BETWEEN EACH MAP DESIGN IS A POINTED OVAL SHAPE DEPICTING A SHIP W/ A MOUNTAINOUS BACKGROUND. ABOVE THE MAP, BETWEEN EACH "ZAMBIA" CAPTION, IS A MEDALLION FEATURING A CROWING ROOSTER IN BLUE, YELLOW, & GREEN ON WHITE. CAPTION BENEATH READS "KWACHA" IN YELLOW ON BLACK. LENGTHWISE, TOP BORDER SHOWS A RUNNING TRAIN IN BLUE ON WHITE. BOTTOM BORDER SHOWS INDUSTRIAL SCENE W/ FACTORIES, BRIDGES, ETC., ALSO IN BLUE ON WHITE. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, THIS OBJECT IS A COMMEMORATIVE POLITICAL CLOTH. SEE CONDITION REPORT IN ACCESSION FILE, PROVIDED BY NMAFA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 May 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Zambia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400185
label: USNM Number
content: E427929-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 275.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 121 cm