Sling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Native cotton band woven tightly with a diamond pattern. Band has dark spots woven through it, perhaps from previous incarnation. Three tassels at each end. Tassel strings of 4 tassels are ormosia seed and 2 are brown and shiny seeds. Dr. Newton says: made for use in the Krikati Wu?tu ceremony of 1973. Received at ceremony end by Hakru, (Rosa) a 36 y/o female, obtained from same. Made by Pro?kui, a 39 y/o female. Used. Warp and weft: commercial 2s cotton. Bead cordage: 2z buriti and 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels: 2s cotton. Beads: Ormosia, small red + black, small shiny black seed. Price paid: 35 crs. Associated specimens: other specimens attributed to Pro?kui are 23, 138.
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
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: E431339-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 95 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 6 cm