Belt
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: Cotton belt woven with a raised pattern of chain and a wide zigzag. Each end has 2 braided tassels. One tassel has 3 bird skins attached. One tassel has 2 bird skins and a small tassel. The third tassel has 2 bird skins and the last has a partial bird skin and a small tassel. Belt has (?) urucu rubbed in well. Bird skins are glued to fabric on obverse. The fabric has down glued on it. Feathers are red, blue, white, black and purple. For discussion of bird species, see report by Dove and Steans. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from Chu?kui Maria Germana, a 40 y/o female. Made by Yanu Florissa, a 30 y/o female. Used, but 2 bird pelts missing at time of purchase. There are holes and markings along 1 edge that show the band once had pendants. The belt is called Katsut kaiko. The brown braid ends are called katsutyo?hik~yonhenk. The band weave, which is 1/1 plain warp face, is called hudupo. The relief design is called he?huk. Bird pelts, which were put on by the hudband of the maker, are called akrugre. The band is warped faced plain weave with a raised warp relief design. Pendant ends of bird pelts on commercial cloth backing. This is the only example that I encountered with bird pelts in use. Price paid: 7 crn.
label: Notes
content: Purple-breasted Cotinga, Cotinga cotinga (*possible heat altered; 3 purple/blue/orange partial skins & 4 blue patches on red skins); White-winged Cotinga, Xipholena atropurpurea (*possible heat altered; 5 red partial skins).
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: Pukobye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431240-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 145 cm
label: Width
content: 19 cm