Native Name | Teuti |
Object Number | 65-10-27 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Seed | Job's Tears Seed | Fiber | Fish Bone |
Description | Two strands, one or two have Job's tears alternating with 5 or more small black seeds; other has 3 or more black seeds alternating with 1 or 2 sting-ray tailbone sections (vertabrae?); few Job's tears on one end of this strand. Used in full dress; bones thought to give wearer fortitude in pain and to protect against sharp pain of thorn scratches or ant stings. |
Length | 76 cm |
Thickness | 0.2 cm |
Outside Diameter | 5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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