Novice Staff
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1958
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William Crocker
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William H. Crocker
notes: label: Notes
content: Light wood, flat with one pointed end and the other carved with a pattern and tines.
label: Notes
content: From Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology #33 The Canela (Eastern Timbira) by William H. Crocker. Table 8# 31. Pebye novice's carved staff with tines. "These sticks or staffs can be made of any wood, but they are almost always made of a wood that is naturally white. The yellow juice of the urucu root is used to color them. The naming-uncle provides the wood, and the novice does the carving. The important point in carving the wood is to make tines at the top of the staff which, when rubbed on the arms of the novice, make a little vibrating, humming sound." For more information see publication.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ponto village, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Canela, Ramkokamekra
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2086106
label: USNM Number
content: E437435-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Staff
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 75 cm
label: Width
content: 4 cm
label: Height
content: 1.5 cm