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Object Number
61-7-30/8237
Display Title
Plaited straw belt with nut pendants all around - ceremonial
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Woven fiber belt, painted, hanging tubular wood beads and nut ornaments.
Classification
- Belt
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Canela
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
/
Maranhao
/
<County>
/
Barra do Corda
/
Ponto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
Materials
Fiber, Pigment, Wood, Nut
Dimensions
Overall: 36.9 x 18.1 x 2 cm (14 1/2 x 7 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
61-7-30/8237
Credit Line
Expedition: University of Wisconsin, the Institute of the Andean Research and the Peabody Museum, W. H. Crocker, Director, 1961
Provenance
Expedition
University of Wisconsin, Institute of Andean Research & Peabody Museum Expedition
(1957-1961)
Collector
William Crocker
(1957)
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