Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Yellow commericial cotton band woven with zigzag pattern, with green edges and central stripe. Black zigzag lines are painted on the yellow. Two yellow and green tassels at each end. Tassel strings are black and yellow. Anchor bead is orange. Dr. Newton says: Uncertain if this was made for use in the We?te festival, or when it was made. Obtained from Pruys (Marina, a 26 y/o female.) Made by same. No wear. Warp: commercial cotton, multi colors, yellow and green. Weft: commercial thread, white. Bead cordage: 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels: commercial cotton, mulit colors, yellow and green, and glass beads. No price.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, Maranhao, 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: E431368-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 82 cm
label: Width
content: 7 cm