Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Native and commercial cotton band woven with a chain and diamond combination pattern. Two yellow and one red stripe. One end has 11 tassels and one end has 9 tassels with a partial string and two empty strings. Tassels are made of curly, thin, cotton strings. Eight tied with red, commercial cord. Two strings have some seeds. The rest are various kinds of beads. Anchored with two yellow faceted beads on either side. Dr. Newton says: made for use in the Krikati Wu?tu ceremony of 1973 for ceremonial use of Hocum, Kloaklu (Octavio) 15 y/o male. Received at ceremony end by Kahukui (Floriza) a 41 y/o female. Obtained from Kahukui (Floriza). Made by Pro?kui, a 39 y/o female. Owner says it's too small. Kahukui says she doesn't know who made it. Pro?kui and Prednko say that Pro?kui made it. Used. Warp is 2z cotton and some red and yellow commerical cotton. Weft is 2z cotton. Bead cordage is 2z tucum /caroa. Tassels are commercial 1-ply cotton. Seed beads: a few, id? Commerical glass or plastic beads of many kinds. Price paid: 40 crs. Associated specimens: this is one of 3 attributed to Pro?kui in 1973. Other field numbers are 138, and 234?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431327-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band
content: 101 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 5.5 cm