Miniature Man's Pocketbook
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: MINIATURE MAN'S BASKETRY SHOULDERBAG-POCKETBOOK, MADE IN TWO PIECES. THE MAIN PIECE IS A SMALL MAT 23 X 7 CMS, FOLDED IN THIRDS TO FORM THE POCKET AND FLAP. THE SELVEGE ENDS ARE TIED OFF. DECORATIVE WEAVING PATTERN AROUND EDGES. THE OTHER PIECE IS A WOVEN STRIP, 17 X 2 CM WHICH FORMS THE SIDES. IT IS ATTACHED TO MAIN PEICE WITH RESIN -COATED WHITE COTTON THREAD IN BINDING STITCH AT SIDES AND A SERIES OF PLAIN AND CROSS-STITCHES ON THE BOTTOM. WHERE THE TOPS OF THE SIDES MEET THE FLAP THE EXTRA FIBERS ARE MADE INTO TASSELS. FLAP IS FASTENED BY TYING THE WHITE COTTON STRING THREADED THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE FLAP AROUND THE BODY. THE STRAP IS A 76 CM STRING ATTACHED TO THICKER COTTON LOOPS ATTACHED TO THE MAIN PIECE AT THE RIM OF THE POCKET. MADE BY AND OBTAINED FROM FRANCISCO, A 35 Y/O MAN. UNUSED. GIFT. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR LINGUISTIC AND CENSUS INFORMATION.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E426567-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pocketbook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 6.4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4 cm