Bag "Huyupe"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: SOFT, FLEXIBLE, TIGHTLY WOVEN CARRYING BAG W/ FLAT, ROUND BASE. TAN COLOR W/ HORIZONTAL STRIPES & VERTICAL ZIG-ZAGS IN LIGHT & DARK BROWN (FORMERLY RED). SHOULDER STRAP IS ATTACHED TO OUTSIDE OF BAG. TWISTED THIN CORD IS ATTACHED TO A SIMILAR CORD THAT RUNS AROUND THE RIM OF THE BAG. MADE FROM RAFFIA OF 2 DIFFERENT PALMS. RED DYE IS PROBABLY FROM CAM WOOD. BLACK DYE IS COMBINATION OF MANGANESE & LEAVES OF "ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA." MAKER IS TITI MANSARY, FEMALE. MADE IN THE RAINY SEASON. 10 DAYS OF SOLID WORK. MEN MAKE A SIMILAR PRODUCT CALLED "HUTHOI," MADE W/ A NEEDLE. SEE MANUSCRIPT PP. 26, 143-147, CATALOG PP. 17, 21-22.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Konkoba, Koinadugu District, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Limba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427413-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Height - W/o Strap
content: 25 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 35 cm