Sling
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: Cotton band woven with diamond pattern. Red base with yellow center stripe, with pink on either side. Two tassels each end are pink, tied with fiber. Tassel strings are scleria seeds. Brought back by Mary Elizabeth Ladeira. Collected during the We?te festival of August, 1991. Dr. Newton says: made for We?te ceremony of Krikati that ended in August 1991. One of 3 specimens acquired by Maria Eliza Ladeira, anthropologist working with the Krikati in August 1991 at the end of the We?te ceremony. She obtained no information on owners or makers. It was passed on to D. Newton in January 1992. Used. Warp: commercial cotton, multi colors. Weft: commercial cotton. Bead cordage: 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels: none. this is unusual when deer hooves are used. commercial beads, glass, and deer hoofs. Gift. Associated specimens: field numbers 1991-B and -C.
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: E431369-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 99 cm
label: Width
content: 8 cm