Bead patch belt
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: Belt made of 6 strands of braided cotton. Patch (pendant) web made of scleria seeds and large gray seeds with 10 dangles ending in white, green, black and red feathers, plus down. Cotton tassels on either side of pendant. Urucued. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from Pohu, a 34 y/o male, and made by Mupao, a 53 y/o. Unused. Is called a kangukohe. Belt consists of half round, some square cord made with a 3 or 4 strands of 2z cotton in 6 continuous loops. 2z cotton tassels. Urucu stained at intervals around belt and on tassels. Cordage is 2z tucum/caroa. Beads: scleria/aku, Job's Tears. Parrot feathers [see expert remarks]. Price paid: 10 crs.
label: Notes
content: White Hawk, Leucopternis albicollis (8 black/white body feathers); Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera (small green and green/red feathers); undetermined Parrot, Amazona sp. (1 green body feather); undetermined bird, unknown (6 white 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: E431234-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 47 cm
label: Width
content: 16 cm