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 within a diamond pattern. Fairly wide. Four tassels at each end. Tassels are native cotton, dyed a pink/rose after being made. Tassel strings are strung with scleria seeds. Tassels may have some commercial string. Dr. Newton says: made for use in the Krikati Wu?tu ceremony of 1973. Received at ceremony end by Yomkupuk (Joana) a 17 y/o female. Obtained from Yomkupuk, made by Yu?prum Idelzina, a 56 y/o female. Used and washed. Warp 2z cotton, weft 2s cotton. Bead cordage: 2s cotton, white and pink dyed. Tassels: 2s cotton, dyed pink. Beads: scleria. Price paid: 40 crs. Aassociated specimens: 81 has similar pink dyed tassels.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431335-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band
content: 89 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 8 cm