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 running diamond pattern. There are 4 tassels, 2 at each end. Three tassel strings have blue and white beads, and the 4th is multi-colored. Made by Yanu. Dr. Newton says: Uncertain if this was made for use in the We?te festival, or when it was made. Obtained from Kampudn, a 45 y/o female for her husband who is owner, Juvenal PUK, a 38 y/o male. Made by Yanu PUK, a 46 y/o female [in 1984]. Information from seller, maker is "Tia de Luzia" and made this for "cunado Juvenal" . His wife Kampudn sells it, says that Juvenal "has another sling put away". Used. warp: 2s cotton, weft: 2s cotton. bead cordage: 2z tucum/caroa. tassels: 2s cotton. commercial beads: glass or plastic. Price paid: unknown.
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: E431352-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 97 cm
label: Width
content: 6.5 cm