Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Native cotton band woven with diamond and chain pattern. One tassel at each end made of native cotton, no tassel strings. Dr. Newton says: made for use in the Pukobye Wu?tu ceremony of 1968? Probably obtained by the male user of the ceremony. Made by Hapre (Teresa) a 33 y/o female. Information from seller? Beaded pendants were probably removed before sale and these strands put in place; they are newer than band. Used. Warp and weft: 2z cotton. Pendants replaced with 2z cotton strands. Price paid: 3 crn.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pukobye
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431323-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band
content: 66 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 6.5 cm