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: Thick cotton cord, covered with some pigment and spotted with resin. Each cord has three little feather pendants on one end. Each pendant has a mixture of glass and one tubular plastic bead. Dr. Newton says these were obtained from and made by Ingre-o Julia Corredor, a 48 y/o female. Used by her daugther Maria Jesus for ceremony. Meo kre pudulunti; used twices, the last less than a year before. Sold as an incomplete set as the feather cord is not here. One missing piece. Name for this is me?kai. The square cordage (cross section) is made from a single strand (crochet). Cord is 2z cotton, bead cord and tie is 2z tucum/caroa. Pendants are glass beads, rubber/plastic tubular and macaw feathers. Price paid: 2.50 crn.
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
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: E431280-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knee cord
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 203 cm
label: Width
content: 22 cm