Necklace
name: label: Culture/People
content: Wauja (Waurá)
label: Seller agent
content: Atapucha Waura, Wauja (Waurá)
label: NMAI agent
content: Luis Antonio Curet, Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Contributed by a Wauja community member to be sold in the United States to raise funds for repairs to the community's tractor and motorboat; purchased by Antonio Curet (NMAI staff member) from Atapucha Waura (Wauja) during his visit to Washington, DC, in 2016 as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Recovering Voices" language program.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Parque Indígena do Xingu (Xingu Indian Reservation); Northeast Mesoregion, North Araguaia Microregion; Mato Grosso State, Central-West Region; Brazil (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Wauja (Waurá)
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 26/9801
label: Barcode
content: 269801.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Necklace
label: Media/Materials
content: Snail shell/shells, cotton twine/string, palm nut
label: Techniques
content: Cut, ground
label: Dimensions
content: 97.0 x 2.5 cm