Sapukuyawa Ceremonial Costume
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Apr 1989
label: Collection Date
content: April 8, 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
notes: label: Notes
content: PT.1 COSTUME FOR THE "ALL THE ALAPIPIRA SPIRITS" SPIRIT USED IN THE KWAHAHALU CEREMONY AS A GROOMING ATTENDANT. MASK: MADE BY SNAKE SPIRIT, A MIDDLE-AGED MALE. MADE OF BURITI PALM STRAW WOVEN FLAT WITH A WOODEN POLE SEWN INTO TOP. EYES: BEESWAX INLAID WITH BITS OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL. MOUTH: BEESWAX SET WITH PIRANHA JAW. PAINTED WITH "TOP-OF-THE ANACONDA" PATTERN. (MALE). PT.2 LEGGINGS: BURITI STRAW STITCHED WITH BURITI CORD. WAIST STRING WORN OVER SHOULDERS LIKE SUSPENDERS OR AROUND NECK LIKE A YOKE. PT.3 SLEEVES: BURITI STRAW STITCHED WITH TWISTED BURITI CORD. WORN FROM ARMPIT TO WELL PAST THE FINGERTIPS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Xingu National Park, Northern Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wauja (Waurá)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361012
label: USNM Number
content: E424860-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Costume
physicalDescription: label: Length - Sleeves (Each)
content: 65 cm
label: Width - Sleeves (Each)
content: 16 cm
label: Length - Mask
content: 90 cm
label: Width - Mask
content: 91.5 cm
label: Length - Leggings
content: 93 cm
label: Width - Leggings
content: 38 cm