Cowhorn Trumpet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: THERE IS SOME FEATHER DAMAGE, SOME DETACHED. THE COWHORN IS DETACHED AND THE BINDING AT JOINT IS IN DANGER OF UNRAVELING. RESONATOR IS COWHORN, THE AIRSHAFT IS MADE OF BAMBOO, WITH WOVEN COVERWORK. THE LIGHT ELEMENTS IN THE COVERWORK ARE ARROWCANE/BURITI, THE DARK IS IMBE. THE COVERWORK STOPS AT THE BLOWING HOLE. COVERWORK BINDING IS COTTON. SUSPENSION CORD AND ITS BINDING ARE COMMERCIAL COTTON CORD. THE BLOWING HOLE STARTS 6 CMS FROM THE END OF THE SHAFT. THE BINDING THERE INCLUDES THE REMAINS OF RED FEATHERS. 6 PENDANTS ARE ATTACHED 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE SHAFT. THE PENDANTS ARE LITTLE RED, GREEN AND BLUE FEATHERS, WITH AKU SEEDS AND BLACK RESIN ATTACHMENTS. THERE IS ONE PENDANT ATTACHED WITH THE SUSPENSION CORD JUST BELOW THE BLOWING HOLE BINDING. IT IS MADE THE SAME AS THE OTHER PENDANTS. PRICE PAID: 10 CRN. SEE ACCESSION PAPERS FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING CENSUS INFORMATION. MADE BY HU?TOKOT, 29 Y/O MALE
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: E428376-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Trumpet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 68 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm