Brass identity pass holder (kipande)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ivan Karp
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ivan Karp
notes: label: Notes
content: BRASS RECTANGULAR CASE, VERY THIN, W/ SEPARATE LID. CASE HAS 1 ATTACHED LUG ON ONE SHORT SIDE WITH HOLE FOR LINKED CHAIN FOR CARRYING AROUND NECK. CASE OPENING HAS CRESCENT-SHAPED NOTCH (FOR EASY REMOVAL OF CONTENTS). INDENTATIONS BELOW THE LIPS, ON EITHER SIDE OF OPENING. CASE HAS ENGRAVED INITIALS "N.A.D." IN CENTER OF ONE SIDE WITH ARROW-LIKE SYMBOL BELOW THE LETTER "A" (N.A.D. STANDS FOR NATIVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, PART OF THE BRITISH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT IN KENYA). VERTICAL LINES ARE ENGRAVED ALONG EITHER SHORT SIDE. LID ALSO HAS INDENTATIONS THAT MATCH THE ONES BELOW THE OPENING. ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THIS CASE WAS MADE IN THE 1920'S, DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD, AND WAS USED BY AFRICAN KENYANS FOR CARRYING REQUIRED EMPLOYMENT IDENTITY PAPERS AS INSTITUTED BY THE BRITISH COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION.
label: Notes
content: From African Voices exhibit: "Under British colonial rule, papers inside the kipande recorded its African owner's name and work history, and listed the rules restricting movement."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Nairobi, Central Province, Kenya, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Colonial Kenya
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416181
label: USNM Number
content: E428282-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Identity Case
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 48 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.7 cm
label: Height - Including Chain
content: 1.5 cm