Boar's tooth necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Jan 2009
label: Collection Date
content: 1985
name: label: Collector
content: Kenneth R. Anderson
label: Donor Name
content: Kenneth R. Anderson
notes: label: Notes
content: Peccary tusk with hold bored into the root, strung on a palm fiber cord. Condition: good / no problems.
label: Notes
content: "The peccary tooth necklace was made by one of the group while I was there. " The peccary was killed by Nyama, son of Campedi. Nyama is referenced, hunting, in the NOVA documentary Jungles Nomads of Equador. "I accompanied him on this particular hunt and carried the kill on my back to the huts, where it was shared among the grop. A baby can we seen wearing a similar necklace with a few smaller teeth in my photo foodprep4_KRA4."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Aug 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cononoco River, Ecuador, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Waorani (Auca)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2048273
label: USNM Number
content: E432093-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Cord
content: 30 cm
label: Length - Tooth
content: 7 cm