Headband with horns
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: Woven buriti headband with thick rims. Appliqued to band are tubular plastic beads in a vertical zig-zag pattern of blue on the bottom and red on the top. The band ends are fastened together to form two upright horns. Long tail of 2 strands strung with tubular beads. Each strand branches into three parts, each ending in 2 fathers anchored with a seed (Job's tears). The tubular beads are red, yellow, blue and green. The feathers are brown and white and black. Dr. Newton says obtained from and made by (Adelin) Buko, a 22 y/o female. Says her husband Candido, a 20 y/o male, taught her to do the buriti interlacing in the band. The headband is called me a?ku, horns and tail are called amblec. Xikim says the square edges of band (ire kanju bodi) meaning the neckbones of a snake. Band: buriti frond interlaced. With horns and plastic bead applique. Binding is 2z tucum and nylon? fishline. Tail: Job's Tears, feathers and tucum string. Price paid: 2 crn.
label: Notes
content: Greater Rhea, Rhea americana (4 large black feathers); Gray Hawk, Buteo nitidus (6 wing and 1 black & white tail feather).
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: Apinaye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431111-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 83 cm
label: Width
content: 17 cm