Gourd Whistle Pendant
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Aug 2001
label: Collection Date
content: November 29, 1993
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William Crocker
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: CU?KON-RE OR GOURD WHISTLE PENDANT GENERALLY MADE FOR A YOUNG MAN BY HIS LOVER. MEANT TO PROVIDE JOYFUL NOISE WHILE DANCING. REMADE FROM AN ACAA THAT JE HILDO JUWA WON FROM LAARAK CASTELO AT THE 1984 PEBJE FESTIVAL BY JUWA'S SISTER MARIA LUZ. THE COINS AND DEER HOOF TIPS ARE SUSPENDED FROM MANY-STRANDS OF TUCUM CORD BY BEADED STRINGS. THE GOURD IS ALSO ATTACHED TO THE TUCUM WITH A BEADED STRING. MADE FOR USE, PURCHASE PRICE: CR$15.000,00.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Escalvado, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Canela
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416179
label: USNM Number
content: E428236-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Whistle