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Object Number
09-1-30/74665
Display Title
Necklace with bird skin pendants
Descriptions
Object Description
Necklace with bird pendants, species identification from left to right: Cock of the rock (Rupicola); Golden-headed quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps); Bay-headed tanager (Tangara gyrola); Cock of the rock (Rupicola);Yellow-throated toucan (aka Black-mandibled toucan) (Ramphastos ambiguus); Cock of the rock (Rupicola);Cock of the rock (Rupicola); Blue-shouldered or Bolivian Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus flavinucha);Cock of the rock (Rupicola); Yellow-throated toucan (aka Black-mandibled toucan) (Ramphastos ambiguus)
Inventory Description
Seed bead sash with 10 whole bird skins
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1900
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Bolivia
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Beni
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Beni River Valley
Materials
Seed, Vegetable fiber, Feather, Skin
Dimensions
Overall: 68 x 49 x 5 cm (26 3/4 x 19 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
74665
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