Template, Textile
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1970
name: label: Collector
content: National Museum Of Nigeria
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Gustavo E. Montes
notes: label: Notes
content: MADE OF TWO PIECES OF SHEET METAL JOINED IN THE CENTER WITH SMALL METAL BANDS. EACH PIECE HAS SAME DESIGN OF A BUST OF AN OFFICER OR HIGH RANKING OFFICIAL. ACCORDING TO MARY JO ARNOLDI, NMNH CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, THE DESIGN WAS PROBABLY MADE BY CUTTING OUT WITH TIN SNIPS OR SCISSORS AND AN AWL, AND THE TEMPLATE WAS USED IN THE HAND WAX PRINTING OF TEXTILES TO STENCIL DESIGNS ON CLOTH.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lagos, Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yoruba
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390901
label: USNM Number
content: E425955-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Template
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 50.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 36 cm