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: Native cotton band with woven pattern of diamonds in the center and double chains on either side. The outside edges indicate a different weaving technique. The tassels are made of native cotton. Two tassel strings at either end. One set is beaded with green plastic, one tassel has a deer hoof tip at top, and the other a red plastic bead. The anchor bead is made of iridescent glass. The other set of tassels is anchored with a green plastic bead. One tassel string is covered with seeds (scleria?) and ends with a large red plastic bead. The other tassel string has seeds and green and white glass beads, ending with a deer hoof tip. Dr. Newton says: Made for the Krikati Wû?tû ceremony in 1963. Obtained from Kampuden, 29 y/o female. Made by: consensus is Plui, a 20 y/o female in 1964. She died before 1968. Used and washed. Warp and weft: 2z cotton. Urucu residue. Bead cordage and tassel binding are 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels are 2z cotton. Seed beads: scleria/aku, glass or plastic beads, deer hoofs. Price paid: 5 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: E431316-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band
content: 107 cm
label: Width
content: 7 cm