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Necklace of bone and seeds
Necklace of bone and seeds
Object Number 78-5-30/16777
Display Title Necklace of bone and seeds
Descriptions
Inventory Description Necklace of alternating tubular bone beads and seeds, on cotton string.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Necklace
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Amazonas
Materials Bone, Seed, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 134 x 1 x 1.1 cm (52 3/4 x 3/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 16777
Provenance
Collector Hassler Expedition (1878)
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1878)
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1878)

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