gourd dish
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Dish called a ngukrac, made from one half of a lagenaria gourd, with black paint design of 3 bands of diamonds separated by uncolored bands. Suspension cord is 2-ply tucum covered by blue beads. Pendant holds 7 beaded strands, anchored at top by a white and a green bead. Three strands end with a brown seed (Portuguese: fruta da almeskadawera) and a white, green and brown feather and 4 strands end with piece of deer hoof and 2 green parrot feathers and 2 brown feathers. Obtained from maker for 2 crn. Purchased with #59. Made by Gatswacu (female).
label: Notes
content: Identified by Carla Dove and Marcia Heacker. 1 White-tipped Dove; Leptoptila verreauxi, (1 brown/white tip tail and 1 rusty wing feather) 2 Red-bellied Macaw; Ara manilata, (2 green/yellow tail feathers) 3 White-eyed Parakeet; Aratinga leucophthalmus, (1 green wing feather) 4 Scaled Pigeon; Columba speciosa, (1 white undertail covert).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Apinaye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E430998-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dish
physicalDescription: label: Length - Including Feathers
content: 35 cm
label: Width
content: 10.5 cm