Robe Of Mandingo Priest
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1861
label: Collection Date
content: Ca 1846
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. James W. Lugenbeel
label: Donor Name
content: National Institute
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HEAVY BLUE COTTON CLOTH, EMBROIDERED FRONT AND BACK IN RED, WHITE, AND LIGHT BLUE. ORIGINAL TAG SAID: "ROBE OF MANDINGO MUSSULMAN [i.e. Muslim] PRIEST, MANUFACTURED IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA". PRESENTED BY J.W. LUGENBEEL, MAY 30, 1846, (?N.G.)". INFORMATION ON THIS TAG IS CONFIRMED BY STATEMENT IN REGISTER'S FILE (CORRESPONDENCE AND RECORDS) DATED MAY 30, 1846. (J.C.E. OCT. 28, 1951). REF: "CATALOGUE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE...", 1855, PAGE 41, CASE 29, UPPER SHELF, THIS SPECIMEN IS LISTED AS THE SECOND ITEM, AND DESCRIBED AS "ROBE OF AN AFRICAN PRIEST, FROM THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA, PURCHASED WITH A HALF DOZ. BRASS TACKS." See: Hart, W. A., "Early-Nineteenth-Century Chiefs' Horns from Coastal Liberia," African Arts, Vol. 32, No. 3. (Autumn, 1999), pp. 62-67+96. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0001-9933%28199923%2932%3A3%3C62%3AECHFCL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T . Hart concludes that objects presented by Lugenbeel in 1846 to the National Institute were probably collected during his time in Liberia, 1843 - 1849.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Liberia (not certain), Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mandingo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000135
label: USNM Number
content: E4940-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Robe