Leather and cowrie shell tent hanging, "dela"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Carl Mattioli
label: Donor Name
content: Carl Mattioli
notes: label: Notes
content: Piece of leather, with approximately 1500 cowrie shells attached in various geometric designs: horizontal lines, wavy lines, circles, X's, and squares. The leather is cut on the bottom to make a short fringe. Mary Jo Arnolidi, curator of African ethnology, says these wall hangings are made as part of a bride's trousseau by her mother and her mother's friends and relatives. The donor, Mr. Mattioli, notes that cowrie shells have long been a form of currency in this part of the world. He says that these are used primarily as wall hangings in the tent, but could also be used as a palanquin cover.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ziguey, Kanem, Chad, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Teda-Daza
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2013719
label: USNM Number
content: E431409-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tent-Hanging
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 158 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 95 cm