Shaman's Necklace
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Jan 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1945
name: label: Collector
content: Felix Giovanni
label: Donor Name
content: Genevieve H. Bellis
notes: label: Notes
content: 8 CLAWS, TEETH OR TUSKS WITH DOT AND LINE INCISED DESIGN STRUNG ON CORDING, SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY RED SEEDS. LOWEST ITEM ON NECKLACE IS SMALL, ROUND GOURD WITH INCISED DESIGN. GOURD HAS 2 GREEN/YELLOW FEATHERS ATTACHED AT BOTTOM. WORN BY BRUJO OR SHAMAN. SEE PHOTOS #43, 47 IN BELLIS COLLECTION IN NAA. PURCHASED BY DR. TOM BELLIS IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA IN 1945 FROM FELIX GIOVANNI WHO PURCHASED IT FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHILE ON EXPEDITION THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN COLOMBIA.
label: Notes
content: SEE NAA BELLIS COLL. PHOTOS
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Southeast, Colombia, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Guahibo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400216
label: USNM Number
content: E426267-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Necklace
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 50 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9.5 cm