Applique Cloth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Apr 1994
label: Collection Date
content: 1956
name: label: Collector
content: Katharine Swift
label: Donor Name
content: Katharine Swift
notes: label: Notes
content: RECTANGULAR BLACK CLOTH W/ RED BORDERS. ONE SIDE HAS COLORFUL APPLIQUES IN RED, YELLOW, BLUE, GREEN, & WHITE SEWN W/ WHITE & BLACK COTTON THREADS. APPLIQUES DEPICT VARIOUS ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH, PEOPLE, & A LYNCHING SCENE. AT THE TOP CORNERS ARE TWO RED LOOPS. ACCORDING TO MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, APPLIQUE TEXTILES W/ NEARLY IDENTICAL MOTIFS WERE USED TO COVER PROCESSIONAL UMBRELLAS IN THE ROYAL COURT. THIS ONE WAS MADE FOR THE TOURIST TRADE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Abomey, Benin, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fon
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400212
label: USNM Number
content: E427931-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Textile
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 182 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 126 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2 cm