Headband
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Native cotton head band woven with raised warp design in a diamond pattern. Two horns covered with cotton tipped with two tassels each of red feathers. One tail of palm fiber. Dr. Newton says made for the 1973 Krikati wu?tu ceremony. Obtained from recipient, Pulhudn, a 41 y/o male. Maker: Khopkui, a 41 y/o female who was born Krikati but married Pukobye and made this in the Krikati village. Used, recycling begun, feathers removed to use for arrows. Warp and weft: 2s cotton. Facsimile tail is made of buriti frond for purpose of sale; no such mixture of materials would be used on functioning cotton woven headbands. Binding is 2z tucum. Double rear horn made of pau roxo with commercial thread coverwork. Horn tip: feather tassel. Price paid: 25 crs.
label: Notes
content: Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera (red body feathers).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, 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: E431390-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 100 cm
label: Width
content: 10 cm