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: Dark cotton band with bands of diamonds pattern woven in. Four tassels at one end; 6 tassels at the other. One tassel on either end has shell cap. All tassel strings strung with seeds. Final bead is commercial. Dr. Newton says: Made for the Krikati Wû?tû ceremony in 1963. Post ceremony recipient was Hakru, a 29 y/o female. Obtained from her, made by Amyokokrit, a 29 y/o. Used. Warp and Weft are 2z cotton, with urucu residue. Bead cordage is 2z cotton. Tassels are 2z cotton. Tassel binding is 2z tucum/caroa. Seed beads are scleria/aku, commercial beads are glass or plastic. Deer hoof tips. Price paid: 4 crn.
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431309-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sling
physicalDescription: label: Length - Band And Tassels
content: 100 cm
label: Width - Band
content: 7 cm