Headband with horns
Object Details
- Notes
- Headdress made in 3 parts. First part is a headband of babassu palm fiber with painted decoration. Second part is a tripartite "horn", with 2 horizontal and 1 vertical element. Third part is tail made of 2 long bead strings tied to back of headband with fiber. One string of tubular beads, ends in three bead and feather tassels, one of which is now missing. The other string is of mixed beads and has 4 bead and feather tassels. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from and made by Salomao a 5 y/o male, who is the cantador in this village, Mariazinha. Used. Only the cantador would use this headband; the last Bemp ceremony was held in the village of Botica, and was witnessed by "finado Curt" (Nimuemdaju). Missing pieces, painted design flaking off. Linguistics: head band for Bemp ceremony is called bemp?cu?ku. Decoration for racing log - "enfeito da toro" pulgape? yamblec Band: babassu flat frond with horns, black paint and urucu design. Tail is bead string, 2z tucum, beads, plastic, glass, deer hoofs, macaw feathers. Salamao knows how to make cotton cord interlaced bands (says men in general know this) and knitting of bands using sticks (says some women and some men do this). Price paid: 4 crn.
- Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera (2 blue flight, 2 blue w/ red outer vane tail): Blue-and-Yellow Macaw, Ara ararauna (2 dark blue flight).
- Record Last Modified
- 2 Dec 2014
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Apinaye
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Date
- 24 Apr 2006
- Collection Date
- 1968
- Accession Number
- 400194
- USNM Number
- E431114-0
- Collector
- Dr. Dolores Newton
- Donor Name
- Dr. Dolores Newton
- Object Type
- Headband
- Length
- 116 cm
- Width
- 21 cm
- Place
- Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
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- Anthropology
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8544368
