Pomdo
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Aug 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1969 to 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Blake Robinson
label: Donor Name
content: Blake Robinson
notes: label: Notes
content: Kissi Pomdo complete with 'protector' and other accoutrements, 27 in all. 1)-Protector- shrine or case in which pomdo was placed, carved out of single piece of wood. Bell-shaped, lower half rough hewn with rectangular niche into which pomdo was placed. Reddish in color. Upper section is carved into a human head with long neck, black with elaborate hairstyle. Left ear pierced with twisted wire loop for earring. 2)-Pomdo- male stone figure with shield on left arm, missing legs. Rounded head, features worn. Hair indicated by fain incised lines. Brown, some scuffs and chips. 3) Two bags, one inside the other. Outer one is made of coarse brown twine, netting. Inner bag is made of red wool (?) yarn, hand spun and knitted. Pomdo apparently found in double bag inside niche. 4)Rusted metal objects found within exterior wrappings: 13 'Kissi Pennies' or fragments thereof, 3 small knife blades, 1 small pair of pliers, 2 round metal pellets, 2 unidentifiable metal fragments, 1 needle. 5)Long cloth strip, off white in color, plain weave cotton. Originally wrapped around the 'protector' to hold the pomdo figure in place and stitched up. Stitching removed at some point prior to accession, according to collector. Source: Tagliaferri, A. and Hammacher, A. Fabulous Ancestors, Africana Publishing Co., NY 1974
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 27
place: label: Place
content: Guinea, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 362302
label: USNM Number
content: E423668-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Height - Protector
content: 45.4 cm
label: Height - Pomdo
content: 14.5 cm
label: Length - Bags
content: 15 cm
label: Length - Cloth Strip
content: 496 cm
label: Width - Cloth Strip
content: 9 cm