Wig
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 1965
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mona Gavigan
notes: label: Notes
content: Wig made from resin-covered fiber rope, made by coiling and sewing the rope. The hair is short lengths attached to rope form.
label: Notes
content: From donor: Congo Palm root fiber. Continuously woven and knotted strand stitched to form open worked spiral with voluminous 2" knotted strands replicating traditional Pende coiffure; much use evident. Rare. Collected ca.1965 in Kinshasa.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Sep 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pende
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077558
label: USNM Number
content: E436276-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wig
physicalDescription: label: Width
content: 23 cm
label: Depth
content: 24 cm
label: Height
content: 10 cm