Textile
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 May 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1971
name: label: Collector
content: Robert B. Keating
label: Donor Name
content: Robert B. Keating
notes: label: Notes
content: "KUBA TAPESTRY - USED FOR WALL DECORATION & SOMETIMES WORN FOR CEREMONIAL DANCES. ACQUIRED FROM ONE OF KING BOPE'S WIVES IN THE ROYAL PAVILLION AT MUSHENGE. CENTER SECTIONS & SEWED TAPESTRY EDGE PANELS IN TRIANGULAR, DIAMOND, AND MAZE DESIGNS, WITH VARIEGATED WEAVES AND COLORS. RARE DIVERSE SURFACE TEXTURE." NOT PILE CLOTH.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mushenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kuba
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 336966
label: USNM Number
content: E421473-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Textile
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 147 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 69 cm