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 cords, unadorned except with pendants at either end. Pendants consist of multi-colored beads, one side holding red feather tufts. Dr. Newton says that these were obtained from and made by Kokoti Maria Joana, a 71 y/o female. Used, and sold as an incomplete set. The feathered cord is not here. knee cord - mekai; square cord made with single strand -- kangubodi . cord is square cordage (cross section) made from a single strand, crochet. Cord is 2z cotton. Pendants are glass beads and macaw feathers. Newton field photograph: color slide B7.14 and 15. A 10 y/o girl wears this set of kneecords; demonstration of tying on; she is also wearing her bead bandoliers (not in collection) called ko?krechi, also ko?krechi apapi. Price paid: beads.
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: Apinaye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431279-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knee cord
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 183 cm
label: Width
content: 2 cm