Headband
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: Native cotton head band woven with raised warp design in a diamond pattern. Two horns made of wood, wrapped in cotton string, and tipped with cotton tassels. Horns have 3 pendants, pendant strings are beads tipped with feathers. Big feathers are clipped. One tail of multiple strands of cotton. Dr. Newton says this was made for the wu?tu ceremony of the Pukobye in 1968 in Governador. The ceremonial recipient is Coi Neuto, a 34 y/o male. Obtained from him. Made by Parapopok, female. Coi was a Krikati who married a Pukobye named Tereza and has been living in Governador since 1964. Used. Warp: 2z cotton. Weft: tucum. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Double rear horn made of pau roxo with coverwork of 2s cotton. Horn tips have cotton tassels of 2s cotton. Cord binding is 2z tucum, glass or plastic beads, cotton seeds and 3 kinds of feathers. Price paid: 6 crn.
label: Notes
content: Orange-winged Parrot, Amazona amazonica (2 multicolor flight feathers); Snowy Egret, Egretta thula (light orange/yellow down tufts); undetermined bird, unknown (2 white feathers).
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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431377-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 133 cm
label: Width
content: 3 cm