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: Woven band with double-diamond pattern. Band and tassels have darkened. One end has 4 complete tassels and 3 incomplete. Other end has 10 complete and 2 broken tassels. Tassels made of native cotton. Tassel strings are a mix of seeds and commercial beads. Five tassels are not as dark as the rest. Dr. Newton says: Made for the Krikati Wû?tû ceremony in 1966. Obtained from Pihu, a 67 y/o female. Made by Ka?he, a 37 y/o female. Used. Warp and Weft are both 2z cotton. Has urucu residue. Some glass beads removed just prior to sale. Bead cordage and tassel binding 2z tucum /caroa. Tassles: 2s and 2z cotton. Seed bead; Job's tears. Commercial beads: "rubber"/plastic, glass or plastic bead, antique glass, white and black. deer hoof, sea shells. Price Paid: 7 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: E431313-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Including Tassel
content: 106 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 9 cm