Headband
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 head band woven with raised warp design in a chain pattern, with diamonds. Two horns made of wood and wrapped in cotton and tipped withe clipped feathers. Single taile of multiple strands of cotton, some urucued. Dr. Newton says made for the Pukobye wu?tu ceremony of 1968, in the village of Governador. The ceremonial recipient was Wetswa Dorival an 18 y/o male, and obtained from him. Made by Amyokokrit, a 29 y/o female, who came from the Pukobye, but is now living with the Krikati. Used. Band warp and weft are 2s cotton. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Rear horn is double, made of pau roxo wood with coverwork of 2s cotton. Horn tip has 2s tassel. Price paid: 5 crn.
label: Notes
content: Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao (different colored body feathers).
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: Pukobye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431375-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 158 cm
label: Width
content: 3 cm