Ceremonial Lance
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1958
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William Crocker
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William H. Crocker
notes: label: Notes
content: Heavy, dark wood staff, one end of which is wrapped in cotton, to which is affixed deer hoof tips and macaw feathers.
label: Notes
content: From Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology #33 The Canela (Eastern Timbira) by William H. Crocker. "The ceremonial lance is made for a festival and is awarded by the Pro-khamma to a ceremonial performer for excellence in singing and dancing. The staff is made from purple wood, the supply of which by 1978 was exhausted in the area because of over-cutting. The lance is adorned with four to eight long macaw tail feathers that hang from a point near the top. In the Kheetuwaye and Fish festivals the ceremony is decorated as described..." For more information see publication.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ponto village, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Canela, Ramkokamekra
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2086106
label: USNM Number
content: E437434-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lance
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 170 cm
label: Width
content: 32 cm
label: Height
content: 8 cm