Scratching stick
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: Bambook stick with tapered end. Attached at top by fiber string are 4 multi-colored strands of tiny beads, each ending in a fiber tassel. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from and made by Chu?kui Maria Germana, a 40 y/o female. Used as a ceremonial head scratcher. There is a sharpened bamboo section, glass seed beads, a carry cord and binding cord of 2z tucum/caroa. Tassels are tucum? Price paid: .50 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: Pukobye
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431404-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scratching Stick
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 11 cm