Storage Bag, Large
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: LARGE, INTERLACED BURITI STORAGE BAG. RIM CORD PLACED AT FRONT OF OPENING - UNUSUAL. YELLOW DYE SAID TO BE FROM ROOT OF URUCU PLANT. MADE BY CASTING OFF A BUNDLE OF FIBERS WRAPPED AT THE ENDS. ONCE FOLDED THE OTHER END IS WOVEN INTO THE FIRST END FOR ABOUT 5" ON EITHER END OF FIBER BUNDLE. IN THE CENTER THE ENDS ARE TIED TO ANOTHER SHORTER BUNDLE TO FORM OPENING. CORD WRAPPED AROUND EITHER END OF LONG BUNDLE TO STRAP. OUTSIDE PAINTED WITH YELLOW URUCU ROOT PASTE. 2 BROAD VERTICAL STRIPES AT EITHER END, AND ONE IN CENTER, TRIANGLE IN BETWEEN THE STRIPES. MADE BY AND OBTAINED FROM ARTUR, A 66 Y/O MALE. UNUSED. 20 CRS. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR LINGUISTIC AND CENSUS INFORMATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E426813-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 56 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 36 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm