Necklace
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: Braided cotton cord necklace tapering on each side to an 8 strand pendant. Each strand of the pendant holds 3 Job's Tears and a seashell: one strand has coral colored bead; cotton is urucu-stained. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from and made by Adelin Buko, a 22 y/o female. She calls this necklace neokreci. Nkup are the seashells brought to the Apinaye by missionary Pat Ham. Cordage is 2z cotton, single strand, made into square cord. Stained with urucu. Beads: Job's Tears and seashells. Color slide B7.19. Adelin's 3 y/o daughter models the necklace.
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: Apinaye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431141-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 31 cm
label: Width
content: 13 cm