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: White cotton band with woven pattern of 2 chains. Center red stripe is woven as are the 2 blue stripes edge stripes. Four tassels on each end. Tassel strings are short, strung with gray seeds, each ending with one large, red seed and a cotton tassel. Dr. Newton says: this was made for his own use by Tu?tu (Pukobye) Obtained from Te?na?tulu (laura) a 25 y/o female. Made by Tu?tu, a 31 y/o female. Maker, not seller, provided information. When Tu?tu got pregnant she sold it to Te?na?tuklu. When she in turn became pregnant, she sold it to this collection. Band remarkable in the invisibility of the woven beginning/end and continuity of raised warp pattern. Used. Warp: 2s cotton, commercial cotton, red and blue. Weft: 2s cotton. Bead cordage is 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels: 2z cotton. Beads: ormosia seed, large, medium red. Price paid: 40 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: E431336-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 87 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 8 cm