Shuttlecock
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: Shuttlecock made of cornhusks folded around a ball made of corn husk. The center ball is made from rolled fiber cord made from corn husks. The ends of the folded husks are tied off, creating the "tail". From the Jean Carter Lave collection. Dr. Newton says that this was obtained from and made by an unknown man, in general. Many of these in 1964 were made by Kruk, a 35 y/o male. Used in the pohupru ceremony, held in May 1964; one of the few dozen made for the game played in the village center as part of the ceremony. The leaf used inside is called waiyontothu. The leaves are enclosed by corn husks. The cordage is s-rolled buriti frond. Price paid: gift. Associated speciemens: two of these petecas de palha de milho from the concluding half of this ceremony held in May were given to MN #39759, field number 242. One was the large shuttlecock refered to above.
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: E431397-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shuttlecock
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 7 cm
label: Width
content: 16 cm