Running Belt
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: XY, OR RUNNING BELT AWARDED FOR SUPERIOR SINGING. MADE TO REPLACE THE ACAA WHICH WAS SURRENDERED AFTER THE KROWATI RACE IN THE PEBJE FESTIVAL. THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY GOOD SPECIMEN, MADE BY KEN-KWYJ, ZE CADETE HAK-LIT'S SISTER, IN 1992. TWO NARROW, BRIGHTLY COLORED COMMERCIALLY WOVEN BELTS ARE SEWN TO A WIDER CANELA WOVEN, URUCU COVERED, WHITE COTTON BELT, WITH RED COMMERCIAL CORDING FOR TIES. NETTING MADE OF STRINGS OF GLASS BEADS IS SEWN TO THE LOWER EDGE OF THE BELT WITH PEARLIZED PLASTIC BEADS. THE NETTING ALSO ENDS WITH PEARLIZED PLASTIC BEADS WHICH HAVE LARGELY LOST THEIR COATING. CALABASH TIPS DANGLE FROM STRINGS OF GLASS BEADS ATTACHED TO THE PEELED PEARL BEADS. PURCHASED FROM HAK-LIT FOR CR$20.000,00.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Jun 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E428237-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt