Necklace
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: Collector calls item "necklace/tie". Untied cotton braid with pendant of cotton tassels on either side. Each tassel consists of three strands of aku seeds, two strands of which have greenish parrot feathers attached. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from Hu?hu and made by Hakru a 29 y/o female who said "worn by women only with tassels in front." Called payonkrechi. Cordage: 2z cotton made into square braid cord using single strand. (crochet); tassels. Beads: scleria and parrot feathers. Price paid: beads. Associated specimens: purchased with field number 1968-186 (flute).
label: Notes
content: Orange-winged Parrot, Amazona amazonica (4 green/red/yellow tail feathers); undetermined Parrot, Amazona sp. (1 green, 1 green/black/blue feather).
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: E431156-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 36 cm
label: Width
content: 6 cm