Commemorative Textile With "Mandela Anc" Logo
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Aug 1999
label: Collection Date
content: 1994 to 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR COMMEMORATIVE TEXTILE HAS A GREEN BACKGROUND W/ A BLACK VEINED MARBLE EFFECT. MAIN DESIGN CONSISTS OF THREE BANDS OF MOTIF LENGTHWISE. TOP BAND BEGINS W/ A ROW OF YELLOW VERTICAL STRIPES AGAINST BLACK. THEN AGAINST BACKGROUND OF BLACK, YELLOW, GREEN IS A ROW OF BLACK & WHITE WHEELS W/ CAPTION BELOW "A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL - WORKING TOGETHER FOR JOBS, PEACE, AND FREEDOM." CENTRAL BAND OF MOTIF DEPICTS BLACK & WHITE PHOTO OF NELSON MANDELA W/ CAPTION OF HIS NAME IN BLACK ON WHITE. SAME WHEEL DESIGN INTERSPERSED WITH DESIGN OF RIGHT FIST HOLDING SPEAR UPRIGHT ON WHICH IS STRUNG A COLORED SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG. FIST IS AGAINST A SHIELD W/ THE CAPTION "ANC" BELOW. BOTTOM BAND DEPICTS SAME SHIELD, FIST, & FLAG DESIGN AGAINST THE SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG COLORS OF BLACK, YELLOW, & GREEN. THEN A BAND OF THE SAME YELLOW VERTICAL STRIPES AGAINST BLACK, BUT THIS TIME W/ THE MAKER'S COPYRIGHTED DESIGN OF AN OUTLINE OF AFRICA IN YELLOW W/ "NIKOSI" IN BLACK PRINTED IN CENTER OF THE CONTINENT. WAS ACQUIRED IN L.A., 1994.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, South Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420716
label: USNM Number
content: E428460-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 161.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 117.5 cm