Dance necklace of 3 strings of coix lacryma and red seeds, alternating in groups of 3. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/8/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dance necklace of 3 strings of coix lacryma and red seeds, alternating in groups of 3. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/8/2005]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Cultural groups: Aguaruna
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 Plant Seed, Material Coix Seed Plant, Material String
Dimensions: Length: max 700 mm as strung
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.88.177
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.".