Wooden Textile Stamp
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Oct 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG, RECTANGULAR HANDLE IS NAILED TO STAMP PAD WITH A CONNECTING SQUARE PIECE OF WOOD. RECTANGULAR STAMP PAD HAS LOW-RELIEF DESIGN OF ABSTRACT MOTIF AT EACH CORNER AND A CENTRAL DIAMOND-SHAPE. WAX RESIDUES ALL OVER. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THESE STAMPS ARE USED FOR HANDMADE WAX-RESIST DYED CLOTH, WHICH ARE HIGHLY VALUED BY MALIAN WOMEN AND ARE PRODUCED BY COMMISSION AND FOR THE URBAN CLOTH MARKET. THE STAMPS ARE MADE BY MEN FOR THE WOMEN DYERS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bamako, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416178
label: USNM Number
content: E428303-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Textile Stamp
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 24.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 13 cm