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 woven in a raised warp design of diamonds. Headband is pink cotton, striped with 4 blue stripes. Chin strap of fiber. Two horns of wood covered with pink cotton thread ending in red feathers attached by blue thread binding. 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, seller, and maker unknown. Used. Warp: commercial cotton in multiple colors. Weft: commerical cotton. Chin cord of 2z buriti. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Double rear horns made of pau roxo with commercial cotton coverwork. Horn tip has feather tassels with commercial cotton binding. Price paid: unknown.
label: Notes
content: Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera (small red body 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: E431393-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 160 cm
label: Width
content: 4 cm