Choker necklace
name: label: Culture/People
content: Mebêngôkre (Kayapó/Cayapo)
label: Previous seller
content: Fundacao Nacional do Indio (Brazilian National Indian Foundation/FUNAI), 1967-
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
label: Donor
content: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) from the Fundacao Nacional do Indio (Brazilian National Indian Foundation/FUNAI) office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1973; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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: Brazil
setName: label: See related items
content: Mebêngôkre (Kayapó/Cayapo)
label: See related items
content: Adornment/Jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/1599
label: Barcode
content: 251599.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Adornment/Jewelry
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Choker necklace
label: Media/Materials
content: Snail shell/shells, cordage, glass bead/beads, nut shell/shells
label: Techniques
content: Wrapped, strung
label: Dimensions
content: 120 x 22 cm