Straw Bracelet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Nov 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 2003
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Bracelet, made from a semi-circular base, wrapped in gold-colored straw. Attached to the center is a round ornament with green, gold, and reddish-purple concentric circles. Mary Jo Arnoldi, Curator for African Ethnology, says this type of jewelry is known as "poor people's gold". They have been made in Mali for several decades and are still widely available for sale in local markets in Mali.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washington, District of Columbia, Mali / United States, Africa / North America
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: 2034092
label: USNM Number
content: E432932-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bracelet
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 6.3 cm
label: Width
content: 6 cm
label: Height
content: 2.3 cm