Commemorative Political Textile - Scarf
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: DARK-GREEN SQUARE SCARF HAS BORDER DESIGN OF BROWN & BLACK VERTICAL STRIPES. BACKGROUND OF SCARF HAS BLACK CURVILINEAR PATTERN. OTHER DESIGNS INCLUDE THE INITIALS "MPR" IN WHITE BLOCK LETTERS & A BROWN FOREARM HOLDING A BROWN TORCH W/ RED, ORANGE, & WHITE FLAMES. THE LATTER DESIGN IS OUTLINED IN BLACK. 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: E427925-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scarf
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 77 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 77 cm