Headband
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1964
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 diamond pattern. Two horns made of wood wrapped in cotton thread with native cotton tassels with urucu. Two tails of twisted cotton. Strip of urucu on band. Dr. Newton says this was made for the wu?tu ceremony of 1963? Maker unknown. Warp: 2z cotton, dyed brown, applied to just section of band. Weft: caroa, 1 ply (s rolled) fringed tail, a continuation of warp strands. Has some braided strands, 2z tucum/caroa. Horn position is rear, horn double, made of pau roxo wood with coverwork of commercial thread. On horn tip, 2z cotton, bead pendants with feather ends, with cordage and binding material 2z tucum/caroa.
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: E431371-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 57 cm
label: Width
content: 4 cm