Ekpe Suit
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 2015
label: Collection Date
content: 1951 to 1952
name: label: Collector
content: Betty Messenger
label: Collector
content: John Messenger
label: Donor Name
content: Betty Messenger
notes: label: Notes
content: Full body suit, including head/face covering. Knit (or looped?) with hand-spun 2-ply fiber rope. Dark and light brown horizontal stripes. Large opening at chest, covered with long fringe (raffia?). Fringe at ankles and wrists. Donor says this is used by Ekpe (leopard) society.
label: Notes
content: See: John Messenger Field Notes, pp. 478-80 and 99, in the National Anthropological Archives.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Oct 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Anang Ibibio
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2071478
label: USNM Number
content: E433708-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Costume
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 200 cm