Pocketbook
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: MAN'S SHOULDER BAG MADE OF INTERLACED BURITI. IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE. THE MAKER MADE IT FOR SALE, BUT FOR UNDISCLOSED REASONS IT WAS GIVEN TO HO'HE, A 41 Y/O MALE. AT THE TIME OF COLLECTION, IT WAS BEING USED TO STORE HIS LONG TROUSERS IN. KIKU (51 Y/O MALE) IS SAID TO MAKE OTHERS LIKE THIS TO SELL IN THE CITY.15 CRS. MADE IN 3 PARTS. ONE WOVEN MAT FOLDED IN THIRDS TO FORM POCKET AND FLAP. CENTER STRIPE WOVEN INTO FLAP PORTION. THE SIDE PIECES ARE SEWN TO THE LARGER PIECE WITH CORD. WHERE THE ENDS MEET ON THE BOTTOM THEY OVERLAP. THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT SOME SORT OF FASTENER ONCE WAS THREADED BETWEEN THE OVERLAPS. WHERE A FASTENER WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE FLAP, THERE IS A SMALL HOLE. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR LINGUISTIC AND CENSUS INFORMATION.
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: E426818-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pocketbook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 41 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 25.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm