Sling
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: Light colored cotton woven band with diamond pattern. Originally 6 native cotton tassels at each end, now one tassel has come off. Tops of tassels are covered with deer hoof tips. Tassel strings are covered with seeds. Where tassels are anchored to band, there are white and yellow feathers which have been clipped. Dr. Newton says: Made by Kiyi?he, female 23 y/o for own use outside of ceremonial occasion. Obtained from Kiyi?he. The owner says it is too small, and that it is a "sampler." (Walschap, 1987) Used. Damaged. Bug damage to pendant cordage and seed beads; broken strand secured with white thread, one strand and bead separated, and one strand lost. Warp and weft: 2z Tucum/caroá. Bead cordage 2z Tucum/caroá. Tassels, 2s cotton. Job's tears, deer hoofs, yellow/white feathers. Price paid: beads.
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: E431305-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Width - Band
content: 5.5 cm
label: Length - Band Including Tassels
content: 103 cm