Commemorative Political Textile - Cravat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Nov 1993
label: Collection Date
content: 1963 to 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ernest W. Lefever
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ernest W. Lefever
notes: label: Notes
content: WIDE CRAVAT W/ NECK BAND SECURED BY VELCRO TABS. FRONT OF CRAVAT IS DARK GREEN, PLEATED; REVERSE IS BLACK. CENTER HAS DESIGN OF 2 OVALS, PLACED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER. EACH OVAL IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW & HAS A DESIGN OF A BLACK FOREARM HOLDING A YELLOW TORCH W/ RED FLAMES. ABOVE THE FOREARM ARE THE INITIALS"MPR" IN YELLOW BLOCK LETTERS. FRONT SIDE OF NECK BAND IS BLACK, REVERSE IS DARK GREEN. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, THIS OBJECT IS A COMMEMORATIVE POLITICAL CLOTH, AND "MPR" STANDS FOR "MOUVEMENT POPULAIRE DE LA REVOLUTION," A POLITICAL PARTY TO WHICH FORMER ZAIREAN PRESIDENT MOBUTU BELONGED. SEE CONDITION REPORT IN ACCESSION FILE, PROVIDED BY NMAFA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, 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: 400185
label: USNM Number
content: E427924-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necktie
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 34 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 19.5 cm