Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Cotton band woven with two running diamond bands with scattered diamonds in between. Warp is dark blue. Two tassels at each end. One on each end is tied with fiber. Tassel strings are navy beads anchored to a clear bead which is attached to the band with a short string of blue beads. Made by Kikwai. Dr. Newton says: Uncertain if this was made for use in the We?te festival, or when it was made. Obtained from Amnyekru a 29 y/o female. Made by Kikwui kikul, a 26 y/o female. Used. Both warp and weft are commercial cotton. Modifications: minimal pendants. Bead cordage is nylon fishing line and 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels are commercial cotton. Glass beads. No price. Associated specimens: field numbers 1984-20, 25, 35, 40, 42.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, Maranhao, 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: E431358-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 78 cm
label: Width
content: 7 cm