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: Cotton head band woven with raised warp design in a diamond pattern. Band has two green and one central red stripe. Two sets of horns, both made of wood, with decorative cotton wrapping. Tassels on front are red commercial cotton. The tassels on the back are red feathers. One tail of multiple strands of cotton. Base of tail is braided. Dr. Newton says made for the 1973 Krikati wu?tu ceremony. Obtained from recipient, Mupuk, a 17 y/o male. Made by Pro-Kui Carmozinha, a 32 y/o female. Used. Warp: 2z cotton and red and green commercial cotton. Weft: 2s cotton. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Unusual front horn. Double rear horns made of wire with 2s cotton coverwork. Rear horns are tipped with feather tassels. Front horn is covered with red commercial cotton. Price paid: 40 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: E431386-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 125 cm
label: Width
content: 3 cm