Reed work shirt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jan 2004
label: Collection Date
content: Jun 2000
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Sarah Fee
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of African Art
notes: label: Notes
content: Shirt made of basketry-type reeds, woven in 2/2 twill. Constructed from two long panels, folded and sewn together down the sides. Opens in front. No sleeves. Pocket on right side.
label: Notes
content: Used as a work shirt by men. Bought on the street in Faragangana on the Southeast Coast from a man who was wearing the shirt. According to his account, the shirt was made for him by his wife. Price: 20,000 FMG ($3.14 US)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Faragangana, Madagascar, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tefasy
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2028638
label: USNM Number
content: E430767-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shirt
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 75 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 61 cm