Seed Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Aug 1999
label: Collection Date
content: Aug 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Maria Zumaeta
label: Donor Name
content: Asociacion Para La Conservacion Del Patrimonio De Cutivireni
notes: label: Notes
content: SEED NECKLACE MADE FROM THE SEEDS OF THE UMARO ITSUKI (TREE), THE KUSERIKI (TREE) AND MAABIKI (TREE). MADE IN TWO PARTS, EACH WITH LARGE AND SMALL SEEDS STRUNG TOGETHER ON SHORT LENGTHS OF STRING AND TIED TO A LONG COTTON STRING. WHEN SEWN ON A WOMAN'S CUSHMA, THE NOISE AMUSES CHILDREN. COLLECTED FROM THE VILLCABAMBA MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CUTIVIRENI RIVER BETWEEN 600 AND 2000 METERS ALTITUDE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Vilcabamba Mountains / Cutivireni River, Junin (not certain), Peru, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ashaninka (Arawakan Campa)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416180
label: USNM Number
content: E428274-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 52 cm