Seed necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 2006
label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Dolores Newton
notes: label: Notes
content: Long strand of alternating red/black ormosia seed and Job's tears seeds, ending in bowl-shaped pendant made of elongated cane beads. Attached to cane beads are three drops consisting of an ormosia seed ending with feathers and feather tufts. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from and made by Poko, a 23 y/o male. Unused. Cordage is 2z tucum/caroa. Bead: small red/black ormosia, Job's Tears and small reed segments, and feathers. Price paid: unknown. Purchased with 1984-56.
label: Notes
content: Red-legged Seriema, Cariama cristata (white fluffy feathers); Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao (red, yellow and green feathers).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sao Jose, Timbira, 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: E431197-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 48 cm
label: Width
content: 12 cm