Tin identity pass holder (kipande)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ivan Karp
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ivan Karp
notes: label: Notes
content: TIN RECTANGULAR CASE, VERY THIN, WITH SEPARATE LID. CASE HAS 2 ATTACHED LUGS ON EITHER SIDE WITH HOLES FOR LINKED CHAIN TO WEAR AROUND NECK. INTERIOR HELD FOLDED EMPLOYMENT IDENTITY PAPER, DATING FROM 1925. PAPER WAS REMOVED AND CATALOGUED SEPARATELY AS E428704. CASE EXTERIOR HAS ENGRAVED INITIALS "N.A.D" IN CENTER W/ ARROW-LIKE SYMBOL BELOW THE LETTER "A" (N.A.D. STANDS FOR NATIVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, PART OF THE BRITISH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT IN KENYA). THE OTHER SIDE HAS THE WORD "ISHERWOOD" ENGRAVED ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THIS CASE WAS MADE IN THE 1920S, DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD, FOR AFRICAN KENYANS TO CARRY REQUIRED EMPLOYMENT IDENTITY PAPERS, AS INSTITUTED BY THE BRITISH COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "Under British colonial rule, papers inside the kipande recorded its African owner's name and work history, and listed the rules restricting movement."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Nairobi, Central Province, Kenya, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Colonial Kenya
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416181
label: USNM Number
content: E428283-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Identity Case
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 10.2 cm
label: Height - Object, Including Chain
content: 1.5 cm