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: "A LENGTH OF RAFFIA CLOTH 21 INCHES WIDE TO WHICH STRIPS OF PILE CLOTH ABOUT 4 INCHES WIDE HAVE BEEN SEWED ON EITHER SIDE. BOTH SIDES EDGED WITH TASSEL BALLS AT ABOUT 1/4 INCH INTERVALS. THE CENTRAL CLOTH IS DECORATED WITH APPLIQUE DESIGNS IN THE SAME MATERIAL. THE BORDER STRIPS OF PILE CLOTH HAVE GEOMETRIC DESIGNS IN DARK BROWN AGAINST A NATURAL GROUND."
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: Kuba
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: E174601-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Costume
physicalDescription: label: Width
content: 73.5 cm