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1884.75.19

Neck ornament.

1884.75.19

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Collection type
Object
Description
Neck ornament.
Long description
Neck ornament: white glass trade beads and seeds threaded on cotton yarn with pendants of perforated round seeds suspended from strings of mainly blue glass trade beads.
Cultural groups
Achuar
Shiwiar
Shuar
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1871
Date collected
1871
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Plant Seed, Material Bead, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Glass, Process Strung, Process Threaded, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 320 mm doubled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.75.19

Search terms: Ornament, Bead, Neck Ornament