Hammock
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: DECORATIVE PIECE MADE FOR MARGARET SULLIVAN AS EXAMPLE OF MEN'S WEAVING. NATURAL, RED-BROWN, INDIGO DYED YARNS. WEFT FACE DESIGN, BRAIDED TRIM ATTACHED LOOSELY TO SIDE, NUTS & SHELLS ATTACHED TO BRAIDED TRIM. 2 PLAIN WOODEN SUPPORTS W/ 3 SLOTS IN EACH - 1 ATTACHED TO HAMMOCK. MADE ON FOUR HARNESS COUNTER BALANCE LOOM. LOOM POSSIBLY MADE AS PART OF A GOVERNMENT CRAFT PROJECT IN BO. WARP-COMMERCIAL YARNS. WEFT HAND SPUN COTTON. WEFT IS ON THE SURFACE & SHOWS THE DESIGN. DESIGN NAME "DIAMOND IN A RED SKY" ACCORDING TO WEAVER. CLOSELY RESEMBLES MENDE DESIGN CALLED "TORTOISE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bo, Bo District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mende
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427545-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hammock
physicalDescription: label: Length - W/o Ties
content: 202 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 71 cm