Skirt for Kwahahalu Ceremonial Costume (Male)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Apr 1989
label: Collection Date
content: April 8, 1983
name: label: Collector
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Emilienne Ireland
notes: label: Notes
content: Costume worn in the Kwahahalu curing ceremony (male). Part 2, Skirt: Buriti straw knotted to a waist string of buriti fiber. Used in ceremony only and intended to disguise performer and to add to mystery of costume.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Xingu National Park, Northern Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Wauja (Waurá)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 361012
label: USNM Number
content: E424859-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Skirt
content: 63 cm
label: Width - Skirt
content: 180 cm
label: Length - Cape
content: 74 cm
label: Width - Cape
content: 129 cm
label: Length - Scarifier
content: 82.8 cm
label: Width - Scarifier
content: 8.7 cm
label: Length - Mask
content: 129.5 cm
label: Width - Mask
content: 35.5 cm