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: Native cotton band woven in a double, running diamond pattern. Edges are bands of navy blue. Eight beaded strings at each end, all ending with cotton tassels capped with deer hoof tips, anchored at band with one black bead. Beads extremely varied in color, shape and composition. Dr. Newton says: Made for Pudlu (Cesar, a 26 y/o male in the last Wu?tu festival of 1983.) Obtained from Ka?he, a 55 y/o female who obtained it (from Pudlu) for her daughter, Yuthik (Maria Jose, a 27 y/o female.) Made by Kakrunre (Herculano, a 30 y/o male, spinning of white cotton done by Kalku, a 36 y/o female in 1975, and who was deceased by 1984.) Used. Warp: 2z cotton and dark blue commercial cotton. Weft: commerical cotton. Pendants: bead cordage is 2z tucum/coroa. Tassels are 2z and 2s cotton. Commercial beads, glass and/plastic and deer hoof. no price recorded.
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: E431348-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 101 cm
label: Width
content: 7 cm