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: NECKLACE MADE FROM PANKAINIAIERI AND MAABIKI SEEDS. THE LARGER HUSKS OF THE PANKAINIAIERI SEEDS ARE HALVED AND HUNG ON THE END OF A STRING ALREADY STRUNG WITH LITTLE BLACK MAABIKI SEEDS, AND TIED TO A LONGER COTTON STRING. WHEN SEWN ON A WOMAN'S CUSHMA THE NOISE AMUSES CHILDREN. COLLECTED IN 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: E428275-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Unknown - Object
content: 26 cm