Neck ornament; one half is made of stringwork strung with canine teeth, the other half of 19 strings of black seeds. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/12/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Neck ornament; one half is made of stringwork strung with canine teeth, the other half of 19 strings of black seeds. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/12/2005]
Geographical reference: Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Brazil; River Içá
Person: Field collector A.J. Chivers; PRM source A.J. Chivers
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1906
Date collected: 1906
Acquisition information: Donated: 1927
Materials and processes: Material Plant Seed, Material Dog Tooth Animal, Material String, Process Strung, Process Perforated, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Length: max 370 mm doubled
Object numbers: Accession number: 1927.62.5
Research and responses: Where the Putumayo River enters Brazil it is known as the Içá. See “Putumayo River" Encyclopædia Britannica Online. http://search.eb.com/bol/topic?eu=63572&sctn=1 [Accessed 24 February 2000] [JP 24/2/2000]

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