Woven Headband
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Commerical cotton head band woven in a raised warp design of diamond pattern. Diamonds are painted different colors. Two wooden horns strung with beads in a pattern tipped with feathers of red, blue, and yellow, which are anchored with red thread. The horns are connected by a string of five yellow beads. Single tail of multiple strands of cotton. Dr. Newton says this was made for the Krikati wai?to kro ceremony held about 1982. Made for Krukru, when he was 2 years old. Obtained from and made by Ka?he, a 55 y/o female and her daughter Kocili, a 30 y/o female. Used. Warp and weft: commercial cotton. Red and blue paint. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Double rear horns made of wire with large glass beads. Horn tip has feather tassel with commerical cotton binding. Price paid: unknown.
label: Notes
content: Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao (various color body feathers).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, 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: E431394-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 117 cm
label: Width
content: 5 cm