Miniature Body Mask
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: MINIATURE BODY MASK FOR RURU'. USED FOR MOVING ABOUT IN THE DAYTIME, UNSEEN, DURING THE RURU' SECLUSION, THIS MASK IS MADE OF INTERLACED BURITI FRONDS. THE MASK WAS MADE BY FOLDING A MAT OVER A THICK STICK MADE OF MANY PALM FIBERS. THE MAT WAS SEWN TOGETHER BELOW THE STICK WITH FIBER CORD USING A BLANKET STITCH. THE FIBER STICK HAS TASSLES AT ONE END. A THIN LOOP OF CORD WITH SMALL TASSELS ON IT IS WOUND AROUND BOTH ENDS OF THE STICK AND FORMS A SORT OF HANGING LOOP. FOR COMMENTS ON TASSLE PLACEMENT, SEE 426817. MADE FOR SALE BY BENJAMIN, A 29 Y/O MALE. WITH 426808, A COMPANION MAT, 25 CRS. SEE ACCESSION FILE FOR LINGUISTIC AND CENSUS INFORMATION.
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: E426807-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 57 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21 cm