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: Cotton band of woven diamond pattern in five rows. Very neatly made warp in pale cotton, weft is commercially dyed multi-colored thread. Eight tassels at each end. Tassel cotton is unevenly spun. Top of tassels is covered with deer hoof tips. Tassel strings strung with seeds. Dr. Newton says: Made for the Krikati Wû?tû ceremony in 1966. Obtained from Hukula, 37 y/o female. Made by Pro?kui, a 32 y/o female, however, Hukula put on pendants. Used. Warp is 2s cotton, weft is 2z cotton, plus some commercial cordage. There is urucu residue. Bead cordage: 2z tucum/caroa. Seed beads: scleria/aku. Deer hoofs. Price paid: 10 crn.
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: 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: E431314-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Including Tassels
content: 101 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 6 cm