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Collector:
Dr. Dolores Newton  Search this
Donor Name:
Dr. Dolores Newton  Search this
Length:
68 cm
Width:
22 cm
Culture:
Apinaye  Search this
Object Type:
Headband
Place:
Sao Jose, Brazil, South America
Accession Date:
24 Apr 2006
Collection Date:
1968
Notes:
Buriti (plus 1 imbe) woven headband. The dark imbe fiber forms a zig-zag pattern across the band. Brown and yellow coloring applied. Band ends form a horn of 4 parts (2 horizontal, and 2 vertical). Tail is one long bead string, strung with red and blue tubular beads ending with a large plastic bead. Attached to this bead are 4 strings ending in feathers each anchored by a red bead and a seed. Each has one clipped white, and one dark feather.
Scaled Pigeon, Columba speciosa (2 dark tail and 2 brown wing feathers); Chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus (4 white wing feathers).
Record Last Modified:
2 Dec 2014
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
400194
USNM Number:
E431113-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e9be7302-fa86-4755-8487-5878c781b4d5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8544367