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 diamond pattern. Cane horn wrapped in cotton and tipped with clipped, red feather tassels. Two tails, one tail is braided, with tassels, two on top, two lower down and 2 at tip. The other tail has multiple strands of cotton. Entire artifact is saturated with urucu. Dr. Newton says this was probably made for the wu?tu ceremony of the Pukobye previous to 1968. Collected in the village of Governador. The ceremonial recipient was Cli, Alexandre a 40 y/o male and obtained from him. Maker unknown. Used. Warp: 2z cotton. Weft: tucum z. Urucu residue, fringe tail (a continuation of warp strands) has braided strand with tassels of 2z tucum/caroa. Rear single horn made of wood (pau roxo) with cotton coverwork. Horn tip has tassel of macaw feathers. Binding cordage is 2z cotton original, 2z cotton renewed for sale. Price paid: 5 crn.
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, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pukobye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431373-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 151 cm
label: Width
content: 4 cm