Necklace
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1965
name: label: Culture/People
content: Machiguenga
label: Donor
content: G. Edward Montgomery (George Edward Montgomery), Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: G. Edward Montgomery (George Edward Montgomery), Non-Indian
label: Collector
content: Patricia M. Davis, Non-Indian
label: Collector
content: Harold Mariner Davis, Non-Indian, 1924-1971
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Patricia M. Davis and Harold Mariner Davis (1924-1971), probably between 1964 and 1971, in Machiguenga villages near Yarinacocha and Shimaa, Peru, during research for the Summer Institute of Linguistics; acquired from the Davis base camp house in Yarinacocha, Peru, by G. Edward Montgomery in 1973 during his research among the Machiguenga; donated to NMAI by Dr. G. Edward Montgomery in 2006.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: San Francisco de Yarinacocha; Coronel Portillo Province; Ucayali Region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Machiguenga
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/5595
label: Barcode
content: 265595.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
label: Indigenous Term
content: nengitsiki
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Necklace
label: Media/Materials
content: Seed/seeds, monkey tooth/teeth, animal tooth/teeth, cotton cord/cordage
label: Techniques
content: Drilled, strung
label: Dimensions
content: 34.0 x 8.0 x 2.0 cm