Necklace: strings of black seeds stitched on to a strip of cotton textile; pendant jingles of black and brown seeds; string ties. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/8/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Necklace: strings of black seeds stitched on to a strip of cotton textile; pendant jingles of black and brown seeds; string ties. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/8/2005]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Cultural groups: Achuar; Shiwiar
Person: Field collector Ronald Hawkesby Thomas; PRM source Ronald Hawkesby Thomas
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1923
Date collected: By 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material String, Material Plant Seed, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Banana Seed Plant, Process Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 60 mm, Length: max 300 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.88.169
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letter from Ronald Hawksby Thomas to Henry Balfour, dated 6 November, 1922, giving the route of his journey through 'the Alio [?sic], Maranon, Santiago and Morona rivers and that area'. List of 'Curios to Oxford' (2 pages), and notes on 'The Indian Tribes of the Northern Oriental Region of Peru' [signed R. H. Thomas, 10.11.22] and list of 'Huambisa or Aguaruna Vocabulary (9 pages). [GI 20/11/2001]. From field notes in RDF - "Men wear necklaces of beads and seeds, and bracelets of IGUANA skin".
PRM label clearly states Uembicco seeds. In Accessions book Uembicco was originally written, then changed to look like Uembiro. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/8/2005]

Search terms: Ornament, Music, Neck Ornament