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Chest cover of cut sections of bird bone, small seeds and cord
Chest cover of cut sections of bird bone, small seeds and cord
Object Number 53-29-30/7428
Display Title Chest cover of cut sections of bird bone, small seeds and cord
Descriptions
Object Description Chest cover of cut sections of bird bone, small seeds and cord - with woven cotton neck band. Fringe make of beetle wings
Inventory Description Breastplate, cotton loop at top, panel of strung bone tubes and beads ending
Classification
  • Outerwear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Jivaro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Ecuador
Materials Bone, Cotton, Seed, Beetle wing
Dimensions Overall: 73 x 30.5 cm (28 3/4 x 12 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 7428
Provenance
Collector William Bell Taylor (ca. 1911)
Donor Donated by Gordon Bancroft Guptill (05/16/1953)

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