Neck ornament; string of iridescent green beetle elytra & other parts of the beetle, tied onto a fibre string with red trade cotton. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/12/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Neck ornament; string of iridescent green beetle elytra & other parts of the beetle, tied onto a fibre string with red trade cotton. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/12/2005]
Geographical reference: Ecuador
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Ecuador; Northeast Oriente Rio Cuyabeno
Cultural groups: Secoya
Person: Field collector Oxford University Exploration Club; PRM source Oxford University Exploration Club; PRM source Michael R. Emerson; PRM source Ralph Hudson Johnson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1960
Date collected: 1960
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1961
Materials and processes: Material Beetle Insect, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Threaded
Dimensions: Length: max 300 mm doubled
Object numbers: Accession number: 1961.5.2B Other PRM accession number: 1961.5.B2
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Receipt, dated 17 October and returned cheque confirming the payment for "a collection of musical instruments, ornaments etc., made in Ecuador by the Oxford University Expedition to Equador, 1961". [EB 20/2/2002]

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