Woven Headband
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: Commercial cotton headband, raised warp design of woven diamond pattern. Blue, light blue, red, light blue, and blue stripes. Two horns covered with blue cotton tipped with cotton tassels of red and blue. Four dangles of clipped parrot feather on glass bead strings. Two dangles from base of tail. Single tail of multiple strands of cotton. Dr. Newton says this was made for the Krikati wu?tu ceremony which ended in May of 1984. Recipient is probably the seller, Pulhudn, a 50 y/o male. Maker unknown. Used. Warp: commercial cotton in multiple colors. Weft: commerical cotton. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Double rear horns made of wire with commercial cotton coverwork. Horn tip has commerical cotton tassel with a pair of glass bead pendants with feather ends, also from base of horns. Cordage and binding; 2z tucum. Price paid: unknown.
label: Notes
content: Orange-winged Parrot, Amazona amazonica (green/multi flight feathers); Yellow-headed Parrot, Amazona ochrocephala (green/multi flight feathers).
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431391-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 152 cm
label: Width
content: 2 cm