Headband
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: Native and commercial cotton head band woven with a raised warp design in a diamond pattern. Band is edged in commercial red thread at the top and commercial green thread at the bottom. Dark line is drawn through the center of the band. Two horns made of metal wrapped in cotton string. The tassels are red and yellow commercial cotton. One tail of multiple strands of white, red, and green cotton. Dr. Newton says made for the Pukobye wu?tu ceremony, year unknown . Obtained from recipient, Muhe Rafael, a 51 y/o male. Maker unknown Pukobye. Used. Warp: 2s & 2z cotton with center dyed warps, commercial cotton, red and green. Weft: 2s cotton. Dyed warps are faded from washing. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Double rear horn made of wire with cotton coverwork. Horn tip: red and yellow commercial cotton. Price paid: 30 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: E431389-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 131 cm
label: Width
content: 4 cm