Upper armband
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: Band of interlaced cotton, ends form tassels. Between tassels are 4 dangles. Strings covered with tubular plastic beads end with a seed and a feather. Feathers are light brown, dark brown and white. All but one are clipped. Dr. Newton says that this was obtained from Kaprun Aupintu, known as Abilio, an 18 y/o male. It was made by Filomena, a 60 y/o female. She spun the cotton, but Abilio made the band and pendants. He says he learned from Jaime Kraho, a 41 y/o male. Unused, but may be used for either male or female. Armband is called hepa?krachi. Pendants are called amblech. The band is 2z cotton, interlaced with a 10 strand flat braid whose ends form the tassels. Pendants: rubber/plastic tubular beads, glass, cotton seeds, and feathers. The bead cord is 2z tucum caroa. Price paid: 1.50 crn.
label: Notes
content: Snowy Egret, Egretta thula (1 white wing feather); Savannah Hawk, Buteogallus meridionalis (2 brown/black wing and 1 black/white/brown tail feather).
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: Apinaye
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431253-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armband
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 30 cm
label: Width
content: 10 cm