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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: Dr. Newton called this headband "woven mosaic frond" because of the pattern created by using a mixture of light and dark fronds. The pattern is a row of circles with dots in the center. The feathers are stuck in a space of about 12 mm at the point where the band is tied to make a circle. 6 macaw tail feathers, 3 red , 3 blue fronted by 11 small parrot feathers. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from and made by Kakrunre and 24 y/o male. Made for sale. Bug damage, separation of one or more feathers. Band is buriti and imbe with a woven mosaic design. Feathers are macaw and parrot. Binding cord is 2z buriti. Price paid: 70 crs.
label: Notes
content: Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao (6 wing/tail feathers (3 red, 3 blue), multicolor body feathers; 2 detached flight (1 red, 1 blue))
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: E431098-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band Only
content: 20 cm
label: Width
content: 49 cm