Headband
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 head band woven with raised warp design in a diamond pattern. Blue stripe in center and edges, fading. Two horns made of wood with decorative cotton wrapping, tipped in red and blue feathers. Parrot feather pendants strung with wrinkled, black seeds, ending with one large, red/black seed. Long tail of multiple strands of cotton. Dr. Newton says made for the 1973 Krikati wu?tu ceremony. Obtained from recipient, Yako a 22 y/o male. Maker unknown. Used. Warp: 2s cotton with some dyed blue warps. Weft: 2s cotton. Blue dyed warps faded, probably from washing. Bead and feather pendant probably added for sale. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Double rear horn made of wire with 2s cotton coverwork. Horn tip is a feather tassel with binding of 2s cotton. Pendants are small, brown-black, wrinkled seeds, ormosia seeds, small, red and black, with feather ends. Cordage and binding: 2z buriti. Price paid: 35 crs.
label: Notes
content: Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera (several red & light blue/green body feathers, small); Yellow-headed Parrot, Amazona ochrocephala (2 multicolor flight feathers).
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: E431387-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 126 cm
label: Width
content: 4 cm