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: Woven band with diamond pattern, possibly urucu covered. Six tassels at one end; 8 tassels at the other end. Tassels made of cotton, 4 of which are dyed blue, all have deer hoof tip caps. Tassel strings are made of seed and plastic beads. One tassel string has a dark bead and two have a green bead. Band end that has 6 tassels has loose strings. Dr. Newton says: Used for the Krikati We?te ceremony in 1963. Obtained from Yonkopuk, 11 y/o female. Maide by Incwa, 29 y/o female. Used. Warp and Weft: 2z cotton with urucu residue. Bead cordage and tassel binding are wz cotton and 2z Tucum. Tassels: 2z and 2s cotton (some with blue dye) bead: scleria/aku, glass or plastic. Deer hoof. 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: E431306-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - With Tassels
content: 91 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 6.5 cm