Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Commercial cotton woven with geometric pattern. Pink background with 5 navy blue stripes and 2 red stripes. There are 8 tassels, 4 on each end. Each tassel string is strung with scleria seeds, ending with cotton tassels capped by shells. Made by Kikwui. Dr. Newton says: Uncertain if this was made for use in the We?te festival, or when it was made. Obtained from Kikwui, Kikul a 26 y/o female. Made by same. Used. warp: commercial cotton, multi colors. weft: commercial cotton. bead cordage: 2z tucum/caroa. tassels 2s cotton and commercial cotton. seed beads are scleria/aku. snail shells of 2 kinds. no price. associated specimens: field numbers 1984, 20, 25, 35, 37, 42.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, 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: E431361-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 77 cm
label: Width
content: 6 cm