Headband
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 head band woven with raised warp design in a double-diamond pattern. Pink commercial cotton stripe woven through the center of the band. Fiber chin strap. Two compound horns made of wood, decorative commercial cotton wrapping, feathers and beads. Horns have 2 sets of tassels. First set is made of red feathers and commercial pink cotton. Upper tassels made of blue beads and red and aqua feathers. Two pairs of bead and feather dangles, one short, one long. One tail of multiple strands of cotton. Dr. Newton says made for the 1973 Krikati wu?tu ceremony. Obtained from recipient, Podwu, a 38 y/o male. Maker unknown. Used. Design on this band is called entoh, which is the same that Tatiaire made for Dorival on a curative kneeband after he was bitten by a snake: aracusu. Warp: 2z cotton and a few pink commercial cotton. Weft: pink commerical cotton. Chin cord is 2z buriti. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Double rear horn with each tip split. Made of wire with 2s and 2z cotton coverwork. Horn tip: feather tassles, commercial pink tassel and glass beads on wire. Two pairs of pendants glass beads with feather ends. Cordage and binding 2z tucum on 1 pendant strand, and 2s cotton on the other. Price paid: 40 crs.
label: Notes
content: Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera (many red/turquois body & wing feathers); Orange-winged Parrot, Amazona amazonica (2 orange/blue/brown feathers); Turquoise-fronted Parrot, Amazona aestiva (2 red/yellow/blue/black wing feathers).
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: E431388-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 120 cm
label: Width
content: 5 cm