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 of alternating quill and small, rough, black seeds with pendant of seed pod and three drops with Job's Tears bead and red feather. Tied above pendant, loose ends showing. Dr. Newton says this was obtained from Haku, a 12 y/o female, and made by Kalo, a 29 y/o female. Damage: quill, seed and feather pendant reattached to the top of a large black seed. White thread shows the repair. (Possibly a segment for opposite side was lost.) Cordage is 2z + 2s tucum/caroa. Beads: small, brown/black wrinkled seed, porcupine quills, macaw feathers and a large black seed. Price paid: gift.
label: Notes
content: Red-and-Green Macaw, Ara chloroptera (6 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: E431168-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 45 cm
label: Width
content: 6 cm