Sling
Object Details
- Notes
- Cotton band woven with zig-zag pattern and stripes. Color pattern: stripe one is navy blue, the next stripe is white, then green, pink, green, white, and navy blue. Commercial colored thread. Tassels are commercial cotton, 2 tassels on each end. Tassel strings strung with glass beads, one and each end blue, and one red, anchor beads are 2 yellow at each end. Made by Pa?tu. Obtained from Kampili, a 14 yo female. Dr. Newton says the bead cordage is 2 ply tucum/caroa. Price paid: unknown. Associated objects: also made by Pa?tu are field numbers 1984 - 21, 28, 33.
- Record Last Modified
- 2 Dec 2014
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Krikati
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Date
- 24 Apr 2006
- Collection Date
- 1984
- Accession Number
- 400194
- USNM Number
- E431343-0
- Collector
- Dr. Dolores Newton
- Donor Name
- Dr. Dolores Newton
- Object Type
- Sling
- Length
- 92 cm
- Width
- 6 cm
- Place
- Sao Jose, Timbira, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
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- Anthropology
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8543370
