Collector:

Dr. Dolores Newton  Search this

Donor Name:

Dr. Dolores Newton  Search this

Length:

62 cm

Width:

11 cm

Culture:

Apinaye  Search this

Object Type:

Sling

Place:

Sao Jose, Brazil, South America

Accession Date:

24 Apr 2006

Collection Date:

1968

Notes:

Wide bandolier or sling of interlaced buriti palm, 2 strips fastened together. Two tassels of three strings each at either end. Each string is of tubular plastic beads ending in a Job's tear seed cap and a clipped brown feather.

Common Potoo, Nyctibius griseus (3 brown/white spotted wing feathers); Chicken Gallus, gallus domesticus (8 grayish feathers).

Record Last Modified:

2 Dec 2014

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

400194

USNM Number:

E431207-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ebef05a8-4bf8-46f4-a3cc-dd5ab71a91ac

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8545224