String Hat -- "Nguwani"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jun 1990
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Farai Madzimbamuto
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Farai Madzimbamuto
notes: label: Notes
content: String Hat, form similar to skullcap. Tan with darker brown concentric circles. Made from bark of Mupfuti tree (Brachystegia Boehmii) which is chewed to reduce it to string form. String is then knotted and woven together. Made by Samson Madzimbamuto, grandfather of donor, possibly near Murewha, Zimbabwe. All information provided by donor. A letter from the donor, discussing the hat, other types of weaving in the region, and his grandfather, is included in the accession file.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Zimbabwe, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Shona
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 362989
label: USNM Number
content: E423971-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Height
content: 11.5 cm
label: Diameter
content: 20 cm