wrapped cross
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1964
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Two bamboo rods secured by two-ply cotton and buriti cordage slighly below center. Tassels of untwisted tucum, caroa, hang from 3 ends and 2 tassles dangle from area where rods are attached. One half lagenaria gourd with urucu markings attached at top. From JCL collection. Obtained from 40 y/o maker Rafael for 50 crs. Collector says "called by maker kroa" (term refers to arrow/bamboo) and said to be used in wutu ceremony; no one else in private concurs. They say it is his invention. Purchased with #279, now MN 39729, racing necktie. Made for sale. For more information see accession records.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, 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: E431063-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cross
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 41 cm
label: Width
content: 31 cm