Headband
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Native cotton head band woven with raised warp design in a zigzag line pattern. Two horns made of wood wrapped in cotton thread in a decorative manner, tipped by red cotton tassels. Tail is twisted strands of native cotton. Artifact saturated with urucu. Dr. Newton says this was made for the Pukobye wu?tu festival prior to 1968. Collected in the village of Governador. Made for Kuipurucu, Kahu Mundik, a 40 y/o male and obtained from him. Maker unknown. It's used and has a break in band center edge. Band warp is 2s cotton, dyed brown, applied to just section of band. Weft: 2s cotton, urucu residue. Fringe tail is continuation of warp strands. The horn is in rear position, and is a double, made of wood (pau roxo) with cotton coverwork. Horn tip, tassel of 2s cotton, red, commercial? with binding cordage 2s cotton. Price paid: 2 crn.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pukobye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431374-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 158 cm
label: Width
content: 4 cm