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: Cotton band woven with opposing chevron pattern. Band edged in navy blue with two blue stripes. Two tassels on each end. One at each end wound with fiber. Tassel strings have multicolored beads, anchored with snail shell. Dr. Newton says: Uncertain if this was made for use in the We?te festival, or when it was made. Obtained from seller, Jose Ferreira Lima da Silva, Neo-Brazilian husband of Indian and father of owner, Yodle, a 19 y/o female. Maker unknown. Used. warp and weft: commercial cotton. Modifications: pendants probably minimal replacement for sale. bead cordage is 2z tucum/caroa. tassels are 2z cotton and commercial cotton. Seed beads are scleria/aku. glass beads, snail shells. no price.
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
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: E431357-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 80 cm
label: Width
content: 7 cm