Headband with horns
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: Headdress made in 3 parts. First part is a headband of babassu palm fiber with painted decoration. Second part is a tripartite "horn", with 2 horizontal and 1 vertical element. Third part is tail made of 2 long bead strings tied to back of headband with fiber. One string of tubular beads, ends in three bead and feather tassels, one of which is now missing. The other string is of mixed beads and has 4 bead and feather tassels. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from and made by Salomao a 5 y/o male, who is the cantador in this village, Mariazinha. Used. Only the cantador would use this headband; the last Bemp ceremony was held in the village of Botica, and was witnessed by "finado Curt" (Nimuemdaju). Missing pieces, painted design flaking off. Linguistics: head band for Bemp ceremony is called bemp?cu?ku. Decoration for racing log - "enfeito da toro" pulgape? yamblec Band: babassu flat frond with horns, black paint and urucu design. Tail is bead string, 2z tucum, beads, plastic, glass, deer hoofs, macaw feathers. Salamao knows how to make cotton cord interlaced bands (says men in general know this) and knitting of bands using sticks (says some women and some men do this). Price paid: 4 crn.
label: Notes
content: Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera (2 blue flight, 2 blue w/ red outer vane tail): Blue-and-Yellow Macaw, Ara ararauna (2 dark blue flight).
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431114-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 116 cm
label: Width
content: 21 cm