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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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Raw Material
Headband |
Guyana
British Guiana | |
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Ornament
Raw Material |
Ecuador
| |
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Ornament
|
Tucano?
| |
| 77-35-30/11631 | Necklace, wings of beetles |
Ornament
Raw Material |
Brazil
| |
| 21-49-30/F284 | Beetle wing hair ornament |
Accessory
|
British Guiana
| |
| 12-33-30/84142 | Seed necklace or bandoleere |
Raw Material
Necklace |
British Guiana
Guyana | |
| 09-30-30/75168.1 | Beetle wing pendants for back of hats |
Raw Material
Ornament |
British Guiana
Guyana | |
| 35-25-30/1003 | Pair of men's ear plumes, each with string of pendant beetles' wings + |
Earring
|
Tucano?
| |
| 2002.1.2274 | Approx. 30 beetle casing or wings with holes as if for a necklace |
Necklace
Raw Material | ||
| 35-25-30/1070 | Ornament consisting of 3 strands of beetle wings which is hung down + |
Ornament
Raw Material |
Tucano?
| |
| 35-25-30/1069 | Ornament consisting of 5 strands of beetle wings which is hung down + |
Ornament
Raw Material |
Tucano?
| |
| 07-23-30/72060 | Feather dance crown |
Hat
|
Suriname
Dutch Guiana |