Sling
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: Native cotton band woven with a diamond pattern. Six native cotton tassels on either end, with deer hoof tips at top. Nine tassel strings have alternate blue and clear beads. Other three are mixed beads. Dr. Newton says: made for use in the Krikati Wu?tu ceremony of 1973. Received at end of ceremony by Kiyi?he, (Donatira), 30 y/o female. Obtained from Kiyi?hi, maker unknown. Kiyi?hi says that she and her mother, Yu?prum made this sling. Opinion solicited independantly from Prednko who says that Pro?kui made this sling. Used. Warp and weft: 2s cotton. Bead cordage: 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels: 2s, 2z cotton. Beads: scleria/aku, Job's tears, glass or plastic beads, deer hoof nails. Price paid: 40 crs.
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: E431328-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band
content: 113 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 6 cm