Puppet: "Tilen" (Giraffe)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Aug 2007
label: Collection Date
content: 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: Bafing Kane
notes: label: Notes
content: Giraffe rod puppet with thin neck engraved with two rows of designs forming a crisscross pattern. Neck is painted blue, red and black, with additional decorations of painted green and red dots. The bottom section of the neck are covered with cotton cloth which is sewn together and secured with nails, covering the handle of the rod. The front of the neck and the top of neck (at base of head) are covered with a striped cloth. Head is articulated, and the ears are secured with nails. Head painted green with additional decorations in red, black, blue and white. Top of head (between ears) is painted white with red and green dots. Ears are painted red and green. Giraffe has a cotton thread beard attached with nails.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kounzana, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bamana (Bambara)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387038
label: USNM Number
content: E428648-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Height - Entire Structure
content: 175.5 cm
label: Length - Head (Top Of Head To Snout)
content: 32.5 cm
label: Width - Head (Between Ears)
content: 15 cm