Chief's Costume
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1895
name: label: Collector
content: Richard D. Mohun
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department Of State
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "STRIPS OF RAFFIA CLOTH SEWN TOGETHER. SAID BY THE COLLECTOR TO BE THE COSTUME OF A CHIEF OF THE "WAGHENIA" TRIBE. FIVE WIDE STRIPS OF CLOTH BORDERED BY 20 NARROW STRIPS ON ONE SIDE AND 3 ON THE OTHER. TWO OF THE WIDE STRIPS ARE DYED DEEP BROWNISH YELLOW, THE OTHER THREE ARE DEEP PURPLE WITH TIE-DYED DESIGNS. BORDERING STRIPS ARE: DEEP PURPLE, DEEP BLUE, DEEP BROWNISH YELLOW AND NATURAL. THE OUTER-MOST STRIP HAS THREE NARROW ROWS OF CUT PILECLOTH. WIDE STIPS ARE 16 - 18 CM.; NARROW STRIPS .5 - 2 CM."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Genya
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029024
label: USNM Number
content: E174596-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth