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String with animal amulets
String with animal amulets
Object Number 992-27-30/11614F
Display Title String with animal amulets
Descriptions
Object Description String with animal amulets. glass beads, wood, seeds, cotton thread, vegetable fiber.
Inventory Description Ornament of carved wooden charms, glass beads and seeds, colored string.
Classification
  • Ornament
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1931-1992
Culture
  • Yaruro
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Venezuela
Materials Wood, Glass, Seed, String, Cotton, Thread, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 19.2 x 3.6 x 2 cm (7 9/16 x 1 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 992-27-30/11614F
Provenance
Collector Anthony Leeds (ca. 1958)
Donor Dr. Elizabeth Leeds (12/9/92)

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