Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Cotton (commercial?) band, tightly woven diamond pattern, three rows each, with a dark line through it. Lines on inside also. Dark line on edges as well. Seven tassels on one end and six on the other. Tassels very full, of fine cotton, topped by deer hoof tips. Tassel strings alternate small and large beads. Dr. Newton says: made for use in the Krikati Wu?tu ceremony of 1968. Received at ceremony end by Kwoli, Hu?hu, (Cesarina), a 31 y/o female. Obtained from her. Made by Hukula, a 37 y/o female in 1968, who died before 1975. I recognize this sling as well, as one I had observed and photographed in the process of being made in 1968. See Newton BW and Color slides [B13.8 weaving frame set up with sling in process.] [B9.13-14 Hukula at weaving frame, is putting dye on warp; then in early stage of weaving.] [B10.5 Hukula inserts the last wefts after band is removed from frame. ] Warp: 2z cotton, several dark blue dyed warps. Weft: 2z cotton. Bead cordage is 2z buriti. Tassels are commercial cotton. Beads: commercial glass or plastic, deer hoof nails. Price paid: 60 crs.
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: E431332-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band
content: 96 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 8 cm