Seed necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1975
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Necklace with seed carry cord of alternating ormosia seed and two and three rough, black seeds with gourd dish pendant attached by cane dowel. Pendant has 3 seed dangles, each ending with a red feather. Encrusted design on gourd. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from and made by Yako, a 22 y/o male. Unused. The half gourd is kratre. Cordage is 2z tucum/caroa. Beads: small red/black ormosia seeds, and small wrinkled brown and smooth, medium tan seed. Feathers, macaw. Half a crescentia gourd with a design in urucu. Price paid: 5 crs. Purchased with 1975-156-161.
label: Notes
content: Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao (several red body feathers).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Maranhao, Brazil, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Krikati
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400194
label: USNM Number
content: E431182-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 31 cm
label: Width
content: 10 cm