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1923.88.305

Condor claw for necklace, etc. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 14/9/2005]

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1923.88.305

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Collection type
Object
Description
Condor claw for necklace, etc. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 14/9/2005]
Geographical reference
Colombia
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Colombia
Putumayo department Mocoa
Cultural groups
Inga
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 Bird Claw
Dimensions
Length: max 80 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.88.305
Research and responses

Originally entered as 'Inca' [group name].

It is probable that this is an Inga (ethnographic) object and not an Inka Inca (archaeological) object as the Accession Book Entry describes. Inga is a language group (see keyword groups guide) [OD 12/2/2003].

Search terms: Animalia, Specimen, Ornament, Bird Part

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