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Object Number
35-25-30/1042
Display Title
Tooth necklace consisting only of hog teeth (no tiger teeth)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
tehetu
Inventory Description
Necklace, teeth strung with blue glass beads
Classification
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Aguarico
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
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Ecuador
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Tucano?
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Napo
Materials
Tooth, Glass, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 30 x 1 cm (11 7/16 x 11 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
35-25-30/1042
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1934-1935 - 1935)
Expedition
Dr. John P. Gillin
(1934-1935 - 1935)
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