Costume, Devil Dance, Nine Parts
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Aug 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1981 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Jason Schoonover
label: Donor Name
content: Jason Schoonover
notes: label: Notes
content: DEVIL DANCE COSTUME OF NINE PARTS: PT.1 HEADDRESS - WORN AROUND THE HEAD LIKE A CROWN. GOLD AND SILVER METAL PIECES ARE ATTACHED TO IT. BLACK AND RED CLOTH WITH BUTTONS SEWN INTO IT. WHITE BEADS LIKE ATTACHED TO IT. PT.2 THIS PIECE IS TO BE WORN AROUND THE NECK. GOLD AND SILVER PIECES ATTACHED; BLACK AND RED CLOTH; WHITE BEADS ATTACHED TO IT. PT.3 JACKET WITH SILVER PIECES ATTACHED TO IT. GOLD AND GREEN PIECES ARE ON THE SLEEVES. BLACK AND RED CLOTH. BOTH ARMS ARE TORN AND HAVE BUTTONS SEWN IN THE DESIGN. PT.4 CUMMERBUND - THIS PIECE IS A BELT TO TIE AROUND THE WAIST. IT IS PINK WITH GOLD, SILVER, AND BLUE METAL PIECES. WHITE BEADS ATTACH. PT.5 THIS PIECE GOES ON THE SIDE OF THE SKIRT. RED AND BLUE CLOTH, SILVER AND GOLD METAL PIECES, WHITE BEADS ATTACH. PT.6 THIS PIECE ALSO GOES ON THE SIDE OF THE SKIRT. BLACK, RED, AND BEIGE. PT.7 SKIRT - RED AT THE BOTTOM, BLUE LINE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, BEIGE AT TOP. ALSO AT THE BOTTOM ARE WHITE BEADS WITH SILVER METAL PIECES ATTACHED. THE SKIRT IS MADE OF CLOTH. PT.8 & PT.9 PAIR OF CALF BELLS WORN BY DEVIL DANCERS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR CALVES. THEY ARE MADE OUT OF ANIMAL HIDE W/HAIR STLL ON. TEN BELLS ARE ATTACHED TO EACH, AND FOUR STRAPS, MADE OUT OF ANIMAL HIDE ARE ATTACHED TO EACH.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 9
place: label: Place
content: Sri Lanka, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364316
label: USNM Number
content: E424134-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dance Costume