Woman's Dress or Shawl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jan 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 1973 to 1974
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Marilyn Heldman
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Marilyn Heldman
notes: label: Notes
content: Large shawl or dress. The fabric is handwoven (and handspun?) plain weave cotton, with bands of supplementary weft patterning at the ends and near the middle. These bands have a diamond pattern in blue, black, and metallic gold. It appears that this is actually 2 lengths of fabric, woven on the same warp but not yet cut apart -- the bands near the middle would be at the ends, and the loose warps in the middle would become fringe. The donor says that this is used as a women's dress of shawl. Goes with catalog number 432963 – they have matching blue and gold woven decorative bands.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ethiopia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2045574
label: USNM Number
content: E432964-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 211 cm
label: Width
content: 78 cm