Dorsal Neck Pendant And Wristlets
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Aug 2001
label: Collection Date
content: November 29, 1993
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William Crocker
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: DORSAL NECK PENDANT WITH BEAD PENDANTS AND A SMALL GOURD BOWL CALLED A CRAT.RE, AND WRISTLETS, CALLED PAATSE. THESE ARE WORN BY THE GIRL-ASSOCIATES IN ALL THREE INTERNMENT FESTIVALS DURING THE WAYTIKPO. THEY ARE AFTERWARDS AWARDED BY THE ELDERS TO ANOTHER GIRL WHO SANG WELL. THESE WERE WORN BY WAKO-RE, A GIRL-ASSOCIATE IN 1992, AND GIVEN BY THE PROKAMMA TO LEDILENE JUMPEJ FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN THE PEPYE. MADE OF COMMERCIAL COTTON CORDING, FINE TUCUM CORD, GOURD, DEER HOOF TIPS, BLACK, BLUE, LIGHT BLUE, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW GREEN AND CLEAR BLUE, GREEN AND CLEAR BEADS, AND URUCU. THE COTTON NECK CORD HAS DEER HOOF TIPS SUSPENDED FROM BEADED STRINGS ATTACHED WITH TUCUM. HALF A GOURD IS TIED TO A CORD ON A BEADED STRING, ONE SMALL BLUE BEAD ON THE INSIDE, BUT COVERED WITH URUCU. THE WRISTLETS ARE MADE OF WOVEN CORD AND TASSELS. THERE ARE BLUE BEADS AT BASE OF TASSELS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Jun 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Escalvado, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Canela
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416179
label: USNM Number
content: E428243-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant