Toy fish net
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: A branch tied into a circle forms a frame onto which a cone-shaped net of tucum/caroa and cotton cordage is attached. The net is formed with a cow hitch. Specimens #345 and #471 have a maker's mark; this is the only such "signiture" found on any of these fishnets. See accession files for more information, type # 38. This specimen is a toy, which used to belong to Kakrunre, who is 21 y/o. The netting is attached to the wood frame with untwisted tucum. The netting is made of whitish cotton until about 1 inch below the frame when it becomes tucum. Price paid: 8 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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431039-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Toy
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 21 cm
label: Width
content: 17 cm