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Start Over Donor Bruce Max Feldman
Hearst Museum object titled Shirt and pants, accession number 5-15136a,b, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Shoes, accession number 5-15179a,b, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Sickle with wooden handle, accession number 5-15170, described as Sickle. Iron blade, light colored wood handle. Length end to end is 29.5 centimeters. From Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad, N'guigmi; probably Kanouri peoples. Harvesting tool used in millet production and small scale gardening.
Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number 5-15172, described as Spear point, iron. 2 linear rows of zigzags on either side of blade. Length 50.7 centimeters. From Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad, N'guigmi; probably Kanouri peoples.
Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number 5-15178, described as Spearhead. Iron barbed spearhead. Length 31.2 centimeters. From Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad, N'guigmi Market. Context of use: Collector Kate Delos says used by Lake Chad fisherman but may be from a fighting spear. There is a species of whitefish (locally called "captain"), which grow 4 to 5 feet in length in Lake Chad. This spearhead was collected in the local marketplace and Delos was told that it was used to catch these fish.
Hearst Museum object titled Straw mat-making needle (metal), accession number 5-15177, described as Needle. To collector, "circe de paie needle" = straw fence; "paille" = straw, "cercle" = circle. Iron. Large self loop at top, elliptical perforation above tip. Length 28 centimeters. From Niger, vicinity of Lake Chad, N'guigmi; probably Kanouri peoples. Said to be for weaving straw.
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-15137, described as Yardgoods. Printed cotton, batik design. 5 alternating stripes of flower designs and medallion (?) shapes. Color: lime green, purple, black, blue. Imprint on selvedge: "GRAND TEINT ICODI IMPRIME EN COTE D'IVOIRE." Length 1.8 meters, width 1.16 meters. From Niger, made in Ivory Coast. Context of use: Cloth is called "motif cloth." These are typical of cloths made in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Ghana. Peace Corps promoted this, sometimes introducing textile skills incorporating indigenous designs. Kanouri women would buy cloth in 6 meter lengths; 2 yards would become a skirt; 3 yards would be turned into a shirt-shaped long dress which would be worn with the skirt; the last yard would become a headwrap, and/or sling to carry baby. This example was made on Ivory Coast.
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-15141, described as Yardgoods. Printed cotton, batik design. Alternating stripes of geometric shapes. Color: brown, dark blue, black, red, and white. Imprint on selvedge: "GRAND TEINT ICODI IMPRIME EN COTE D'IVOIRE." Length 178 centimeters, width 115 centimeters. From Niger, made in Ivory Coast. Context of use: Cloth is called "motif cloth." These are typical of cloths made in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Ghana. Peace Corps promoted this, sometimes introducing textile skills incorporating indigenous designs. Kanouri women would buy cloth in 6 meter lengths; 2 yards would become a skirt; 3 yards would be turned into a shirt-shaped long dress which would be worn with the skirt; the last yard would become a headwrap, and/or sling to carry baby. This example was made on Ivory Coast.
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-15139, described as Yardgoods. Printed cotton, batik design. Burgundy and black unspecified geometric shapes alternate with black ivy design on yellow ground. Length 186 centimeters, width 111 centimeters. From Niger (unspecified). Context of use: Cloth is called "motif cloth." These are typical of cloths made in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Ghana. Peace Corps promoted this, sometimes introducing textile skills incorporating indigenous designs. Kanouri women would buy cloth in 6 meter lengths; 2 yards would become a skirt; 3 yards would be turned into a shirt-shaped long dress which would be worn with the skirt; the last yard would become a headwrap, and/or sling to carry baby.
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-15140, described as Yardgoods. Printed cotton, batik design. Design depicts storks flying over waves. Imprint on selvedge: "Sotiba-Simpafric-Dacar Wax Veritable." Color: black and blue on beige ground. Length 1.8 meters, width 1.16 meters. From Niger (unspecified). Context of use: Cloth is called "motif cloth." These are typical of cloths made in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Ghana. Peace Corps promoted this, sometimes introducing textile skills incorporating indigenous designs. Kanouri women would buy cloth in 6 meter lengths; 2 yards would become a skirt; 3 yards would be turned into a shirt-shaped long dress which would be worn with the skirt; the last yard would become a headwrap, and/or sling to carry baby.

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