Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Woven band with chevron and diamond patterns. Red with center stripe. Three tassels at each end made of native white cotton. Tops of tassels bound by fiber, no cover. Tassel strings are covered ? Dr. Newton says: made for use in the Krikati Wu?tu ceremony of 1973. Received at end of ceremony by Hu?hu, (Cesarina) a 51 y/o female. Obtained from same. Made by Ka?he, a 46 y/o female. Ka?he says that she made this sling. (design and use of wool are also her hallmarks) Used. Warp: 2z cotton, and commercial wool, red. Weft: 2z cotton. Pendants: probably substituted for glass beads for sale. Bead cordage: 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels: 2s cotton. Beads: pati palm seed, ormosia (small red + black) small shiny black? Price paid: 35 crs. Other specimens atributed to Ka?he are 199.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431340-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 92 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 6.5 cm