Woven Headband
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Commercial cotton head band woven in a raised warp design of diamond and zig zag pattern. Pattern: blue and red center stripe. Two horns of metal covered with cotton and tipped with red and green feathers. Long tail of red, blue and white cotton. Single tail of multiple strands of cotton. Dr. Newton says this was made for the Krikati wu?tu ceremony which ended in May of 1984. Recipient is probably Aukire Daniel, a 15 y/o male. Seller is Daniel's father, Kalukre Loriano, a 70 y/o male. Maker: Yonkopuk, a 26 y/o female. Used. Warp: commercial cotton in multiple colors. Weft: commerical cotton. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Double rear horns made of wire with commercial cotton coverwork. Horn tip has feather tassels. Price paid: unknown.
label: Notes
content: Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera (small red body feathers); undetermined Parrot (Amazona sp.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, Maranhao, 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: E431392-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 158 cm
label: Width
content: 4 cm