knee cords, pair
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: Two long unadorned cords. One cord has no pendants. One cord has pendant at each end consisting of 4 tiny multi-colored bead strands with larger blue bead at top. Dr. Newton says that these were obtained from Gatswachu, a 26 y/o person. They were made by Ire Donila, a 45 y/o female. There were made for a 10 year old daughter for a ceremony held 1 year ago. Used, but sold as an incomplete set, the feather cord is not here. The square cordage (cross section) is made from a single strand (crochet). Cord is 2z cotton, bead cord and tie is 2z tucum/caroa, and the pendants are glass beads. Purchased with field number 1968-79, wristlets.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, 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: E431281-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knee cord
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 106 cm
label: Width
content: 1 cm