Neck ornament of a string of beads with pendants of bird bones, feathers and nutshells. [El.B 14/01/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Neck ornament of a string of beads with pendants of bird bones, feathers and nutshells. [El.B 14/01/2009]
Long description: Neck ornament of a string of beads with pendants of bird bones, feathers and nutshells. The beads are small, blue and white trade beads. The pendants are tubes of bird bone with either a black nutshell or red and yellow feathers at the end. Two of the bones are incised with lines and triangles, and one has black curling feathers at the end, the other very small red, yellow and black feathers. [El.B 14/01/2009]
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 Bead, Material Bird Bone, Material Bird Feather, Material Plant Nut-shell, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length: max 800 mm doubled
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.88.340
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].

Search terms: Ornament, Trade, Status, Neck Ornament