Hammock
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Jun 2007
label: Collection Date
content: May 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Vicki A. Funk
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Tightly woven cream and cocoa-colored natural cotton hammock with elaborate 17 inch fringe made by members of the Rupununi weaver's group of Wapishana indians in Guyana. The specimen concerned is as close to what might have been made in 1916 when Roth donated our original collection, as is possible today. "Following generations of tribal custom, the Wapishiana Hammock contains handpicked natural cottons from the interior rainforests of Guyana. The hammock is made in Village homes of South and Deep South Savannahs in Guyana, South America." (from website)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lethem, Guyana, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wapishana (Wapichan, Wapixana)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2041740
label: USNM Number
content: E431767-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hammock
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 4 m
label: Width
content: 18 m