Woven Headband
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1991
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Commerical cotton headband woven in a raised warp design of diamonds. Center stripe is red. Two horns made of wood wrapped in cotton thread, remnants of feather tips. Triple tail of multiple strands of cotton. Collected after the We?te ceremony by Mary Elizabeth Ladeira. Dr. Newton says this was made for the Krikati wu?tu that ended in August 1991. Obtained from and made by Unknown. This is one of 3 specimens acquired by Maria Eliza Ladeira, anthropologist working with the Krikati in August 1991 at the end of the wu?tu ceremony. It was passed on to D. Newton in January 1992. Used. Warp and weft: commercial cotton. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Double rear horn made of pau roxo with commercial cotton coverwork. Horn tip has a feather tassel. Price paid: gift. Other specimens acquired by ME Ladeira are 1991 a and b.
label: Notes
content: Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera (small body feathers).
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: E431396-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 144 cm
label: Width
content: 3 cm