Ethiopian shawl ("Shamma")
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: Cloth made from 2 long strips of fabric stacked together and sewn at sides, then abutted with another similar double layer of fabric and sewn together at the side seams, creating a large double-layered cloth with a seam connecting all 4 pieces at the middle. White, handspun, single-ply cotton thread, woven in plainweave. Ends have very narrow weft stripe of yellow and black thread. Short twisted fringe. Donor says this is from "Highland Christian cultures, Amharic and Tigray [Tigrinya]... Used by men and women as a wrap to keep warm – outside the house as well as within."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ethiopia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tigrinya (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2045574
label: USNM Number
content: E432968-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shawl
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: ca. 280 cm
label: Width
content: 150 cm