Garment

Museum number:
5-13022
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013022
Accession number:
Acc.3198
Description:
Garment., Sierra Leone, Sherbro Mission, Sherbro attr. (possibly Mendi in origin) 1884. 5-13022, acc no. 3198. File code: 8.3 Collector: Rev. E.C. Lemmon through Rev. R. West. Donor: Mrs. Jane Erickson. Materials, techniques: Handspun cotton in plainweave; indigo dye Context of use: To be made into a garment of "country cloth" Description: Cloth strip; strip of indigo and white striped cotton cloth in plainweave; to be made into garment (cf. 5-13021); w. 11.5 cm., l. 1.96 M.
Donor:
Jane Erickson
Collection place:
Sierra Leone
Verbatim coll. place:
Sierra Leone; Sherbro Mission; Sherbro attr.
Culture or time period:
Sherbro
Collector:
E. C. Lemmon
Collection date:
1884
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Main garments
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Garment, accession number 5-13022, described as Garment., Sierra Leone, Sherbro Mission, Sherbro attr. (possibly Mendi in origin) 1884. 5-13022, acc no. 3198. File code: 8.3 Collector: Rev. E.C. Lemmon through Rev. R. West. Donor: Mrs. Jane Erickson. Materials, techniques: Handspun cotton in plainweave; indigo dye Context of use: To be made into a garment of "country cloth" Description: Cloth strip; strip of indigo and white striped cotton cloth in plainweave; to be made into garment (cf. 5-13021); w. 11.5 cm., l. 1.96 M.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Garment, accession number 5-13022, described as Garment., Sierra Leone, Sherbro Mission, Sherbro attr. (possibly Mendi in origin) 1884. 5-13022, acc no. 3198. File code: 8.3 Collector: Rev. E.C. Lemmon through Rev. R. West. Donor: Mrs. Jane Erickson. Materials, techniques: Handspun cotton in plainweave; indigo dye Context of use: To be made into a garment of "country cloth" Description: Cloth strip; strip of indigo and white striped cotton cloth in plainweave; to be made into garment (cf. 5-13021); w. 11.5 cm., l. 1.96 M.

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