Sling
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: Light colored woven cotton band with chevron/diamond pattern. Four native cotton tassels at each end. Tops covered with deer hoof tips. Tassel strings strung with tubular beads and a blue plastic bead. Tassel cluster anchored to band with plastic buttons. One button says "Moderno Basil". Dr. Newton says: Obtained from Yuthik, an 11 y/o female. Made by Ka?he, a 39 y/o female. Made as a curative for Yuthik, who had a deep cut at back of leg; for her to wear during recovery. Made sometime within the last 2 or 3 years. Used. Warp and Weft are 2s cotton. Urucu residue. Bead cordage and tassel binding are 2z tucum /caroa. Tassels are 2z cotton. Beads are "rubber"/plastic tubular beads and glass. Buttons. Price paid: beads and 3 crn. Associated specimens: other curative in collection: see kneebands.
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: 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: E431310-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Including Tassels
content: 83 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 6 cm