Mud-Dyed Short Skirt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Oct 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
notes: label: Notes
content: KNEE-LENGTH STRAIGHT SKIRT HAS SIDE ZIPPER. MADE OF THICK COTTON, LINED W/ BLACK COTTON INSIDE. OUTSIDE HAS DARK BROWN & WHITE GEOMETRIC GEOMETRIC DESIGN INCLUDING CHEVRONS, DIAMONDS ENCLOSING CIRCLES, CROSSES, AND X-SHAPES. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THE MAKER CHRIS SEYDOU STARTED SEWING AT THE AGE OF 16. HE EVENTUALLY WENT TO PARIS TO CREATE BOGOLAN FASHION AND WORKED IN THE STUDIO OF YVES ST. LAURENT. LATER HE WORKED IN THE IVORY COAST AND IN MALI.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Dec 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bamako, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Malian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416175
label: USNM Number
content: E428418-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 59.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 46 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4.5 cm