Raffia bag with double headed snake motif
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jan 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Marilyn Heldman
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Marilyn Heldman
notes: label: Notes
content: Raffia bag with double headed snake motif. Made from 2 rectangles of plain weave raffia mat, stitched together with thick twine at sides and bottom. Front is purple with embroidered blue, red, and natural colored 2-headed snake motif. Back is natural color with blue and black stripes, no embroidery. Red, blue, and natural color fringe along the sides, 2 braided handles. Fringe is badly frayed and very brittle. Donor says she purchased this in Foubam, Cameroon.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Foubam, Cameroon, 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: 2045574
label: USNM Number
content: E432996-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 28 cm
label: Width
content: 38 cm