Arab Slave Chain 1
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1895
name: label: Collector
content: Richard D. Mohun
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department Of State
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "An iron chain. links 8 to 12 cm. long, 2.5 to 3 cm. wide. An arm or ankle ring 8 cm. diam. is at one end, hinged neck ring 14 cm. diam. loose on chain. Kasongo is a town near the Lualaba River at about 4 degrees, 25 minutes S., 26 degrees, 40 minutes E. It is mentioned as an Arab station in 1876 in Henry M. Stanley, Through the Dark Continent, vo. 2 (London, 1878), p. 123. 11/13/66: loaned to Cult. Hist. (MHT), returned 2/13/81. Loaned to NMAH-Life in America 10-29-84."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kasongo, Kasongo Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 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: 029024
label: USNM Number
content: E174811-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Chain