Sling
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 band woven with double diamond pattern, undyed. One end has 5 and the other end has 6 native cotton tassels, topped with deer hoof tips, tassel strings are strung with seeds. Three similar seeds (scleria?) at both ends, and a different kind of seed on all the others. Tassel threads are uneven. Dr. Newton says: Made for the Krikati Wû?tû ceremony in 1966. Post ceremony recipient was Heriwu, a 50 y/o female in 1964, who died between 1966 and 1968. Made by unknown, (seller guesses that the maker was Ka?he, a 39 y/o female.) Obtained from Alui, who sold it for his sister Prukui, a 25 y/o female who had inherited it from her sister Heriwu. Used. Warp and weft: 2s cotton. Bead cordage is 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels are 2z cotton. Sead beads: scleria/aku. Deer hoof. Price paid 7 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: 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: E431315-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Including Tassels
content: 103 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 8 cm