Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Native cotton band woven with a pattern of lateral zigzags alternating with diamonds. Five tassels at each end. Tassels are made of native cotton dyed after tassel was formed. Tassel strings of scleria seeds, though 2 have inclusions of ormosia seeds. Dr. Newton says: made for use in the Krikati Wu?tu ceremony of 1973. Received at the end of the ceremony by Cu?kui, a 14 y/o female, and obtained from same. Maker: unknown. When this sling was recorded as a field specimen before it was offered for sale, it had 8-10 strands of glass beads on 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels used are probably the same. Same pendant length. Used, probably washed. Warp and weft: 2s cotton. Bead cordage is 2s cotton. Tassels are 2s cotton with pink dye. Beads are scleria/aku, with a few ormosia, small, red+ black. Price paid: 35 crs.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
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: E431330-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band
content: 74 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 6 cm