Upper armband
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: Two strands of braided cotton with tubular beads sewn in between. At bottom, ends are tasseled. There are 4 little tassels of feathers, 8 deer hoof dangles and 2 feather dangles. Dr. Newton says that this was obtained from Gu?tum Camilo, a 40 y/o male and made by by Ire Maria Ribeiro, a 39 y/o female. Unused, but is generally made by a woman for her husband or son at a time of ceremony, not for general use. The band is rubber/plastic tubular bead set between 4 strand flat braids (angaipu of 2s cotton). Pendants are called pakrachi amblech, and are made of rubber/plastic tubular beads, Job's Tears (kenchu), medium size tan smooth seed (ronkugre), feathers Macaw (mbudnyambu), deer hoofs (mbaw nyu), tassels on the ends of band braid are urucu stained. Beads in the band of the bead cord, which is 2z tucum (laednle yawl). The feathers and pendant are attached with 2s cotton. There is a Newton photograph B7.7 which is of Camilio wearing this object. Price paid: beads.
label: Notes
content: Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao (2 blue flight feathers and several red or blue body feathers).
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: E431252-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 23 cm
label: Width
content: 9 cm