Staff
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: CYLINDRICAL WOODEN STAFF COVERED W/ LEATHER, EDGES SEWN TOGETHER. DECORATIVE DESIGN IS DIVIDED INTO 3 PARTS. 1ST PART HAS BRAIDED GREEN LEATHER STRAP, THEN A DARK GREEN PORTION ENDING IN RED LEATHER FRINGE. BELOW FRINGE IS GEOMETRIC WOVEN DESIGN MADE FROM NATURAL COLORED FIBERS & DARK GREEN LEATHER STRIPS. BELOW THAT IS A DARK GREEN LEATHER FRINGE. THE 2ND PART IS DARK RED LEATHER W/ A GEOMETRIC WEAVE FROM NATURAL COLORED FIBERS. THAT ENDS IN DARK GREEN LEATHER FRINGE. 3RD PART IS DYED HALF GREEN, HALF RED. THE PORTION WHERE THE 2 COLORS MEET HAS A GEOMETRIC WEAVE FROM NATURAL COLORED FIBERS. THE END IS COVERED WITH A PIECE OF RED LEATHER, NAILED INTO THE WOOD W/ METAL NAILS. GIFT TO DONOR'S HUSBAND (DANIEL SULLIVAN) FROM SEMBU FORNA, MINISTER OF TOURISM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427534-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Staff
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 103.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 3.5 cm