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: Woven sling. Beige with three red stripes of woven diamond pattern. Four tassels on each end, three made of commercial cotton. Tops of tassels have either a seashell or a deer hoop tip covering the end. Tassel strings are beaded with seeds and anchored with one plastic bead. Dr. Newton says: not certain whether this was used in a we?tu or when it was made. Obtained from Yonkopuk, a 27 y/o female. Used. Band warp: commericial cotton, red and white. (each is 2s, 2z, created by twisting 2 strands together.) Weft: commercial cotton 2s. Pendants: bead cordage, 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels: 2z cotton and commercial cotton. Seeds: scleria/aku. Beads; glass and/or plastic. Other: deer hoof, seashells. Price paid: unknown.
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: E431345-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 87 cm
label: Width
content: 6 cm