Stick
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: Piece of wood with diagonal slice at each end; used for point of arrows and staffs as well as the small sticks used to make knit bands. Bark said to be good for stomachache and bloody diarrhea. It is grated, put in water and drunk; bitter. Collector says "ha?ket name of wood, also name of sticks used to make knit bands; see other sample 1968-89 which has the sticks in use. No name in Portuguese...'because the Christians don't know this'" Gift from Xikim. Number 89 has knitting sticks made from this wood; see also arrow insets. Appears unused. For more information see accession records.
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
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: E431074-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 77 cm