Scarifier for Kwahahalu Ceremonial Costume (Male)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Apr 1989
label: Collection Date
content: April 8, 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
notes: label: Notes
content: Costume worn in the Kwahahalu curing ceremony (male). Part 4, Scarifier: Pole with wapi fish jaw attached to one end by buriti straw and cotton string. Excess straw forms tassels. Cotton string wrapped around top half of pole. For ceremony only. Teeth 1-2 cm longer than ordinary scarifier to display spirits' unnatural & sometimes frightening qualities.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Xingu National Park, Northern Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wauja (Waurá)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361012
label: USNM Number
content: E424859-3
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scarifier
physicalDescription: label: Length - Skirt
content: 63 cm
label: Width - Skirt
content: 180 cm
label: Length - Cape
content: 74 cm
label: Width - Cape
content: 129 cm
label: Length - Scarifier
content: 82.8 cm
label: Width - Scarifier
content: 8.7 cm
label: Length - Mask
content: 129.5 cm
label: Width - Mask
content: 35.5 cm