Woman’s necklace of nutshells threaded on cotton yarn. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/8/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woman’s necklace of nutshells threaded on cotton yarn. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 1/8/2005]
Geographical reference: Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana; Rupununi
Cultural groups: Macusi
Person: Field collector James Williams; PRM source Mrs James Williams
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1941
Date collected: By 1941
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/1941
Materials and processes: Material Plant Nut-shell, Material Cotton Yarn Plant
Dimensions: Length: max 950 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1941.3.27
Research and responses: Related Documents File - See 'List of Macusi Native Indian Curios from Rupununni, British Guiana. Presented by the wife of the late Rev. James Williams. A.K.C. F.R. Hist: S. Missionary to these Indians for 5 years.' Handwritten note at the bottom of the list: 'The page numbers on the cards refer to the pages in "Among the Indians of Guiana" by Im Thurn. Where quotations are given concerning most of these curios.' [GI 19/12/2001]

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