Headband with horns
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Headdress made in 3 parts. First is headband of openwork palm fiber. Second is front "horn" attachment made of split palm fiber in 3 part shape, 2 horizontal and 1 vertical portion. Three feather tassels dangle from upright portion of horn. Third section is palm fiber cord tails, one short and one long. Part of JCL collection. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from and made by Francisco, a 35 y/o male. Made for sale to Jean Carter Lave. The end of one vertical strand with 1 feather tuft is missing from both upper and lower center horn. Francisco says that he learned to make this in Irobmkum, a short legua away from Amarantes, Guaja or Gaviao, though his are finer. Tataire also knows how to make this kind, he learned if from the Pukobye who learned it from Guaja. The headband or huku is made of guaruma. The band is hexagonal woven, horns sewn and bound with very fine 2s tucum with bundles of feather fragments in tufts. Tail: 4 strand round braid. Tassel: buriti. This object appears in Newton's field demonstration photo. Price paid: 150 crs. Associated specimens: 29 a (431103) was made for Dolores Newton.
label: Notes
content: Undetermined Parrot, Family Psittacidae, *2 tufts of short-cut multicolor feathers. Altered feathers.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Maranhao, 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: E431104-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 59 cm
label: Width
content: 19 cm