Bead patch belt
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: Two cotton cords tied together to form a belt, ends form tassels. Patch (pendant) made of seeds, glass and plastic beads, and ending in deer hoof tips attached to belt between tassels. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from and made by Ire Maria Ribeiro, a 39 y/o female. Unused. Men and women both call this a me?pre. This one, worn by a girl on the waist with pendant hanging to one side. Pugapi is the name of the festival in which this is used, by everyone young to old, male and female, but only the young run with the log. The square braid is called kangubuti. The pendant section is amblech. Beadwork patch is ipech. Belt cord elements are of 2z cotton; belt has 2 loops of braided cord with a tassel on one end, and a third piece added on to form a second set of tassels. The answer to my question as to whether the cord is made with 1 or 4 strands, is that it is round and made using 8 strands. My reading is that square braid changes to round and half round cross section at ends. Four or 8 element braid is either round or square, but 6 element braid is half round. Single element braid is square. It is urucu stained. Cordage: 2z tucum/caroa. Beads: Job's Tears, rubber/plastic, glass, deer hoofs/nails. Photographs: bw B11.18, color slide B7.8. Ire's son Roberto,a 4 y/o male wears belt to demonstrate. Price paid: beads. Purchased with 1968-13.
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: E431225-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 30 cm
label: Width
content: 6 cm