Headband with horns
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: Woven babassu headband with uneven top and botton rims. Horn consists of strands of palm strips. Tail is fiber cord ending in multi-colored 2 feather tassel. Attached midway is another strand with 2 fiber tassels. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from and made by Kalukre, a 54 y/o male. Unused. Urucu is faded. Headband is called pro?huku. Band: babassu flat frond interlaced, with horns of buriti frond (urucu stained). Tail is 2z tucum cord. Tucum tassels. Cotton seed beads, parrot feathers. Price paid: 1 crn. Associated specimens: similar band technique to bandolier, 1968-355.
label: Notes
content: Turquoise-fronted Parrot, Amazona aestiva (2 red/green/black/blue wing 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: 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: E431124-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 69 cm
label: Width
content: 16.5 cm