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: Woven cotton band with striped pattern of chains. Four tassels of native cotton at each end. Tassel strings are mostly beaded. One end has seeds. Dr. Newton says: made for use in the Kr?kati Wu?tu ceremony of 1963. Obtained from Pi?huk, a 19 y/o female. Made by Amyokokrit, a 29 y/o female. Used, washed and has broken wefts. The warp is 2s cotton, the weft is 2z cotton. Urucu residue. Bead cordage and tassel binding are 2z cotton. Tassels are 2z cotton, recycled, put with new bead cordage. Seed beads are scleria/aku and Job's tears, with glass/plastic beads. Price paid: 7 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: 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: E431317-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band
content: 94 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 8 cm