Woven Headband
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Commercial cotton headband woven with raised warp design in a geometric pattern. Pattern is of green outside stripes and blue center stripe. Two horns of wood wrapped in cotton with cotton tassels of tips and feather dangles tied with fiber. Single tail of multiple strands of cotton. Dr. Newton says this was made for the Krikati wu?tu ceremony which ended in May of 1984. Recipient is Kroahu, a 28 y/o male. Seller is Pe?huk Yoku, a 35 y/o female for husband Kroahu. Made by: Kikwi kilul, a 26 y/o female. Used. Warp: commercial cotton in multiple colors. Weft: commerical cotton. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Double rear horns made of pau roxo with commercial cotton coverwork. Horn tip has commerical cotton tassel with feather pendants. Binding; 2z tucum. Price paid: unknown.
label: Notes
content: Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera ( small red body feathers); Yellow-headed Parrot, Amazona ochrocephala (multicolor flight feathers); Orange-winged Parrot, Amazona amazonica (multicolor flight feathers).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, 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: E431395-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 152 cm
label: Width
content: 3 cm