Bandolier
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: Strings of whitish Job's tears ending with red, tubular plastic and blue and black glass beads. Blue bead is faceted. Dr. Newton says this was collected in the Apinaye village of Mariazinha. It was obtained from and made by Amjuk, a 35 y/o female. Used? Used for a young girl "women, but men can use"; worn around the neck and under each arm with joining point at rear. Damage: bead cord cut by bugs at 2 places. These segments have been secured with white thread. The ends of both tucum cordage and thread are exposed, marking these rejoined sections. It is called an arape. Cordage is 2s tucum/caroa. Beads: Job's Tears, scleria/aku, black and blue antique glass, glass or plastic, rubber/plastic tubular. Price paid: beads.
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: Apinaye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431205-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bandolier
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 40 cm
label: Width
content: 10 cm