Blacksmiths Bellows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Nov 1899
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. Samuel P. Verner
label: Donor Name
content: Rev. Samuel P. Verner
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CARVED FROM A SINGLE PIECE OF WOOD. FOUR COVERED WITH LEATHER AND PROVIDED WITH PUMPING STICKS. THE AIR IS FORCED THROUGH THE WOODEN TUYERE BY MOVING THE STICKS UP AND DOWN. IN HIS BOOK PIONEERING IN CENTRAL AFRICA (RICHMOND, 1903) VERNER SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS THIS BELLOWS THAT HE ACQUIRED FROM A KASSONGO (SMITH) OF THE "BAMPENDE" TRIBE. SEE PP. 201-204."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 May 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kasai River (upper), Democratic Republic of the Congo (not certain) / Angola (not certain), Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bantu
label: Culture
content: Baluba
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 035839
label: USNM Number
content: E204315-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bellows
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 67.3 cm
label: Width
content: 36 cm