Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1991
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Cotton band woven with geometric pattern. Outside edges red, a natural base with 4 green stripes. Four danglers of deer hoof tips and red glass beads at each end. Collected by Mary Elizabeth Ladeira, August 1991 at the end of the We?te Festival. Dr. Newton says: made for the We?te ceremony that ended in August 1991. One of the 3 specimens acquired by Maria Eliza Ladeira, anthropologist working with the krikati in August 1991 at the end of the We?te ceremony. She obtained no information on owners or makers. It was passed on to D. Newton in January 1992. Used? Warp: commercial cotton, multi colors, yellow and green. Weft: commercial cotton. Bead cordage and tassel binding: 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels are commercial cotton. Seed beads are scleria/aku. Gift. Associated specimens: field numbers 1991-A-C.
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: E431370-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 71 cm
label: Width
content: 7 cm