Poncho
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: LIGHT TAN, VERY FINELY WOVEN WOOL PONCHO WITH STRIPES IN BLUE AND LIGHT ORANGE. THE SEAM IS OPENED AT THE CENTER FOR THE HEAD TO PASS THROUGH, AND IT IS FRINGED AT EACH END. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. OLD PRINTED TAG ATTACHED READS, "5694 MODERN DRESS S. AM. CHILIAN PONCHO 445 US EXP. EXPED. CHAS. WILKES USN." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LOAN: SITES JAN 9 1987. MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS."
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue entry on this object, # 445, identifies it as: "Poncho from Chile. This is the ordinary riding cloak of all the Hispano Americans."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chile, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chilean
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5694-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Poncho
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 156 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 121 cm