Mud-Dyed Painting "N'Zere Ni"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Aug 2001
label: Collection Date
content: Mar 1998
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: THE CANVAS IS MADE OF 6 LONG STRIPS OF COTTON, DYED A MUSTARD YELLOW ON ONE SIDE. THE COMPOSITION CONSISTS OF 5 VERTICAL PANELS DEPICTING GEOMETRIC PATTERN OF TRIANGLES, RECTANGLES, IN VARIOUS SHADES OF BROWN, ORANGE, AND YELLOW. LOWER RIGHT CORNER HAS ARTIST'S SIGNATURE "D. ISMAEL 98 BKO." PAINTING IS STIFF WHERE MUD DYE IS PARTICULAR THICK. TITLE MEANS "LITTLE WATERMELON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Dec 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bamako, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Malian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416175
label: USNM Number
content: E428421-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 94 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 83 cm