Headband
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: Native cotton head band woven with raised warp design in a double diamond and checkerboard pattern. Two wooden horns of pau roxo and cotton. Each horn ends in a tassel. One long tail made up of 4 strands of twisted cotton, and one strand of braided cotton strand with 2 tassels. Some urucu. Dr. Newton says this was made for the Krikati wu?tu ceremony of 1966. Ceremonial recipient is Yako a 15 y/o male. Obtained from Yako, made by Hukula, 37 y/o female. Owner says his sister bought it from the Pukobye. It shows the maker's personal mark in raised warp; design called hitaitenpopidn. This design is 2 sided, appearing on the reverse side of the band as well. Doesn't know who made the horns. Warp and weft are 2z cotton. Fringe tail is continuation of warp strands. Has braided strand, 3 element flat braid with tassels of 2z cotton. Double rear horn made of pau roxo which is sculpted to show 2 short sections, with coverwork 2s cotton. Horn tips are 2z cotton tassels, with 2z cotton binding. Price paid: beads.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, 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: E431378-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 126 cm
label: Width
content: 4 cm