Dorsal Neck Pendant With Beads And Small Gourd Bowl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Aug 2001
label: Collection Date
content: November 29, 1993
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William Crocker
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: DORSAL NECK PENDANT WITH BEADS AND SMALL GOURD BOWL, AND TASSELED, COTTON WRISTLETS. THESE ARE WORN BY GIRL-ASSOCIATES DURING THE PEPKAHAK FESTIVAL. THESEWERE MADE BY PIAPIT FOR CO-NCRE IN 1979. CO-NCRE WORE IT IN THE PEPCAHAK FESTIVAL OF 1979, WHICH WAS FILMED BY STEVE SCHECTER. FILM IS IN NAA. CO-NCRE IS PIAPIT'S NIECE. IT WAS AWARDED BY THE ELDERS TO NADIA YAPAA WHO SOLD IT. NECKLACE/PENDANT IS MADE FROM TUCUM, COMMERCIAL COTTON CORDING, BLUE, RED, WHITE, YELLOW, CLEAR AND CLEAR GREEN, AND ONE ORANGE BEAD, DEER HOOF TIPS, FOUR BRAZILIAN COINS AND URUCU. THE DEER HOOF TIPS AND COINS ARE SUSPENEDED ON BEADED STRINGS FROM TUCUM FIBER CORDS. HALF OF A LITTLE GOURD IS ATTACHED TO THE CORD BY A SHORT STRING OF ORANGE AND WHITE BEADS. THE WRISTLETS ARE MADE OF WOVEN COTTON CORD WITH COTTON TASSELS ATTACHED TO THE ENDS. THE TASSELS HAVE BLUE CERAMIC SEED BEADS AROUND THEIR BASES. COTTON IS URUCUED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Jun 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Escalvado, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Canela
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416179
label: USNM Number
content: E428246-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pendant