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: Native cotton band woven with diamond pattern. Some diamonds filled with blue paint. Some diamonds outlined with blue paint. Blue paint has bled through to the inside. Three tassels at each end and one loose fiber string at each end. Tassels are clean, looks new. Deer hoof tips top each tassel. Tassel strings are strung with scleria seeds. Anchor bead is green plastic. Dr. Newton says: made for use in the Krikati Wu?tu ceremony of 1973. received at the end of the ceremony by Kapiliku, a 14 y/o female, and obtained from same. Made by Kruk )Francisco), a 46 y/o male. Used. Warp and weft: 2z cotton. Blue paint. Cordage is 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels are 2s and 2z cotton. Beads: scleria/aku and a few plastic beads. Deer hoof nails. Price paid: 40 crs. Associated specimens: attributed to Kruk are #69.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431331-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band
content: 80 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 6 cm