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. Fiber strap possibly for chin. Double tail of multiple strands of cotton. Heavily urucued. Some pink commercial thread as base of tail. Dr. Newton says this was made for use in the Krikati wu?tu ceremony of 1966? Ceremonial recipient is Kuku, Joao Branca a 14 y/o male. Obtained from him. Made by Ka?he, a 39 y/o female. Used. Warp and weft are 2s cotton. Urucu residue. Chin tie of 3z, 3s tucum. Fringe tail is a continuation of warp strands. Price paid: 5 crn. Associated specimens made by Ka?hu are field numbers 1968-239 (431381) and 1968-466.
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: E431382-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 135 cm
label: Width
content: 6 cm