batten
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: Pau roxo wood batten, machete facsimile with tapered, pointed end. Krikati term for batten (waku) means knife/machete. Batten used only in weaving of bands of various kinds, not in twining of hammocks. Obtained from and made by Tataire, a 54 y/o male for 4 crn. Purchased with 431054 and 431055. Unused. For more information see accession records.
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: 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: E431056-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tool
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 49 cm
label: Width
content: 4 cm