Knee band
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Woven cotton band with long tassels and attached tassels of feathers and seeds. Band has pattern woven in it. Seeded tassels, 3 at each end. Each tassel has two small feathers, topped with seed. String strung with scleria seeds. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from and made by Plui a 20 y/o female. Unused, without urucu stain. It is worn below the knee. This was collected as a pair, but the mate is missing. It is noted as differing from this one in a relief design. Some feather bug damage and 1 piece is broken off. The knee band is 2z cotton, warp-faced plain weave with raised warp design; warp ends left long and bound to form tassels; strands from tassels are used for pendant bead string to attach feathers. Pendant materials: scleria/aku, cotton seed, and parrot feathers. The tie strands from binding are 2z cotton. Price paid: 250 crs for pair. Purchased with 1964-233, wristbands. Museu Nacional MN39791.
label: Notes
content: Orange-winged Parrot, Amazona amazonica (8 multicolor flight feathers); Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao (2 multicolor and 1 red feather).
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: E431293-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knee band
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 52 cm
label: Width
content: 6 cm