Rattle Belt
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: MADE BY MUPAO, BUT OBTAINED FROM POHU, A 34 Y/O MALE. BELT WITH GOURD TIPS ATTACHED THAT RATTLES WHEN THE WEARER MOVES. THE WAISTBAND IS 2-STRAND COTTON, WARP-FACED PLAIN WEAVE, WITH 3-ELEMENT FLAT BRAID AND FRINGE ENDS. STAINED WITH URUCU, THE BAND IS LESS THAN 1" WIDE. FROM IT DANGLES PAIRS OF BEADED STRINGS WITH LAGENARIA GOURD TIPS AT THE END. EACH BEAD STRING BEGINS AND ENDS WITH LARGE RED SEEDS, ONE ORANGE SEED, WITH AKU SEEDS, LARGE WHITE AND COMMERCIAL GLASS OR PLASTIC BEADS STRUNG IN BETWEEN. THERE WERE ORIGINLLY 2 TOUCAN BEAKS ATTACHED, ONE NOW BAGGED WAS ATTACHED BY A LOOP AT THE 21ST SET OF PAIRED STRANDS OF STRUNG SEEDS. THE OTHER IS STILL ATTACHED. DR. NEWTON NOTES THE UNUSUAL DIVERSITY OF PENDANT MATERIALS. PRICE PAID: 25 CRS. SEE ACCESSION RECORD FOR CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY MUPAO, 53 Y/O FEMALE
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: E428330-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 104 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 9 cm