Industrial Cloth, Pattern Name Money Flies Like A Bird
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Mar 2002
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Christine M. Kreamer
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Christine M. Kreamer
notes: label: Notes
content: PATTERN NAME IS MONEY FLIES LIKE A BIRD. BACKGROUND IS DARK GREEN WITH THIN BROWN LINES AND TURQUOISE BLOBS. DESIGN MOTIF IS AN OVAL IN TAN WITH WHITE BLOBS AND A STYLIZED BROWN BIRD IN FLIGHT. ALONG SELVAGE IS PRINTED "GUARANTEED SUPER PRINT ATL." ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THIS PATTERN IS USED BY L'AIR AFRIQUE IN THE 1990'S IN THEIR ATTENDANTS' UNIFORMS. THIS IS BECAUSE THE LOGO OF L'AIR AFRIQUE IS A STYLIZED BIRD. HOWEVER, THE COMPANY DOES NOT FLY TO GHANA.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit, the meaning of pattern name: "Be careful with your money."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Legon, Ghana, 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: 416145
label: USNM Number
content: E428696-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cloth
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 178.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 117.5 cm