Headdress
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: Circular headband of woven cotton, through which long, blue macaw feathers and short red/grreen and blue feathers have been inserted. Decoration on band is cord strung with wrinkled black seeds tacked down in a zigzag pattern. A tail made of the same seeds, interspersed with light grey Job's tears and ending in 4 feather tassels is attached at the back. Dr. Newton says obtained from and made by Pulhudn, a 50 y/o male, and Incwa a 45 y/o female. Unused. Beading strand on band broken. Several separated seed beads. Called a kruine. Band is 2z cotton, in a warp-faced plain weave; beaded with ? seed, small brown, black wrinkled. Feathers are macaw and parrot. Tail seed beads are Job's Tears and the small, brown, black wrinkled seeds. No price.
label: Notes
content: Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera (all 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: E431099-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 61 cm
label: Width
content: 25 cm