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Object Number
46-90-30/5628
Display Title
Ceremonial ornament - shaman's "tinkler" - made of tusks strung +
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceremonial ornament - shaman's "tinkler" - made of tusks strung together with round wooden object at end
Inventory Description
Necklace made of eight canine teeth (tusks), seven beads of seeds of the genera Ormosia, and in one end a seed of the palm tree Astrocaryum chambira decorated by incision with the figure of two lizards.
Classification
- Ornament
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Guahibo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Colombia
/
Orinoquia
/
Vichada
/
<City>
/
Vichada River
Additional Geographic Terms
Vichada RIver, Colombia
Materials
Seed, Feather, Bone, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 10 x 4 cm (13 3/4 x 3 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
46-90-30/5628
Provenance
Collector
Gregorio Hernandez de Alba
(1946)
Donor
Donated by
Francis B. Richardson
(November 29, 1946)
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