Belt
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: Belt made of 2 braided cotton cords, 1 has red commercial cotton braided into it. Between the 2 cords are sewn groups of red, white and blue beads, one long bead with 2 little ones on each end. Dr. Newton says that this was obtained from Panbu (Maria, a 20 y/o female and her husband Ngtom Cristin, a 25 y/o male) and made by Panbu Maria. Used. Made for her daughter "Neta de Zezin" It goes under the belly and tied in back. Belt called krachi. The band consists of 2 cords, 1 is a 3-strand flat braid of 2z cotton, and the 2nd is twisted strands for 2 strands of 3z twisted cotton and 1 strand of red commercial cotton with beads inset between cords. Commercial rubber/plastic tubular beads and glass beads. Price paid: 4 crn. Purchased with 1968-117 armband, see note there.
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: Apinaye
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: E431239-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 86 cm
label: Width
content: 2 cm