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 tiny black seeds, quill and Job's tears with feather pendant. Pendant consists of 4 drops, each with single Job's Tears bead and Ormosia seed. Two black seeds and red/blue feathers hanging from lattice work of quills and black seeds. Uncut strands of fiber. Necklace not tied together. Dr. Newton says this was obtained Poro, a 46 y/o female, who got it during a visit to the Pukobye. Made by Parapopok, a Pukobye. Neck strand is broken. Cordage is 2z tucum/caroa. Beads: Job's Tears, small shiny black seeds, Porcupine quill sections, and large, medium red Ormosia and macaw feathers. Price paid: gift.
label: Notes
content: Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao (2 light blue; possibbly a R&G macaw?); Red-and-Green Macaw , Ara chloroptera (red body w/green tip; red body).
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: E431167-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 43 cm
label: Width
content: 7 cm