ankle band, pair
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: Cotton knit band with fringed tassels. Completely covered with urucu. Ends are fastened with a fiber tie. Tassels of beads and seeds arranged along the band. Each tassel is made of strung glass beads, ending in a seed. Dr. Newton says that these were obtained from Doca Amgiokwa, a 38 y/o female, who also made the bands. Raimunda Tumkuk put on the beadwork. Used by 3 y/o daughter of Nindo and Raimundinha. The term for ankle band is me?techi. The band is 2z cotton, knit. The tassels are 2z cotton. The pendants along the band are glass beads and Job's Tears. The bead string and tie strand are 2z tucum/caroa, but B has a tie missing, and the strands of the tassels are used. Urucu stained. Price paid: 5 crn.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Apinaye
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: E431303-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Anklet
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 14 cm
label: Width
content: 11 cm