Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Cotton band woven with diamond and chain pattern. Center stripe of green. Four tassels at each end, all with fiber wrap at top. Tassel strings have scleria seeds interspersed with green plastic beads. Made by Kikwi. Dr. Newton says: Uncertain if this was made for use in the We?te festival, or when it was made. Obtained from seller/owner: Pulhdn, 50 y/o male. Made by Kikwui kikul, a 26 y/o female. Pulhudn says sling made for him. Used. Warp: 2s cotton and commercial cotton, green. Weft: 2s cotton. Bead cordage: 2z tucum /caroa. Tassels: 2s cotton. Seed beads: scleria/aku. Glass or plastic commercial beads. No price. Associated specimens also made by Kikwui are field numbers- 20 , 25, 35, 37, 40.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431363-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 91 cm
label: Width
content: 6 cm