Wig "Dimborondo"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 May 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1969
name: label: Collector
content: Thomas J. Larson
label: Donor Name
content: Thomas J. Larson
notes: label: Notes
content: NAME MEANS "CREST". THE LONG HAIR-LIKE (TWISTED)STRANDS ARE MADE FROM THE BARK OF THE ROOTS OF "MOSHOSHO" (TERMINALIA SERICEA BURCH) & OF ANOTHER TREE CALLED "MOKAMBAKAMBA". FORMERLY WOMEN BRAIDED THE FIBER STRANDS INTO THEIR OWN HAIR; NOWADAYS THEY WEAR WIGS TO SIMULATE THE FORMER HAIR STYLE ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS." SEWN ONTO A SKIN BASE; DECORATED WITH STRINGS OF WHITE GLASS BEADS & KERNELS; BRASS BUTTONS; & STRANDS OF RED, WHITE, BLUE & BLACK BEADS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Shakawe, Ngamiland, Botswana, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mbukushu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 350951
label: USNM Number
content: E423017-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wig