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collar
Object Type
collar
Museum number
Am.8742
Description
Collar made of bast, vegetable fibre string, pigment. The bast is looped around the thread forming the inner edge of the collar. A number of lozenge shape decorative features are painted onto the surface.
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Johann Baptist von Spix
Field Collection by:
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Brazil (country)
Found/Acquired:
South America
Found/Acquired:
Amazon, River
Materials
bast
fibre
Technique
pigmented
Dimensions
Height:
43 centimetres
Width:
28 centimetres
Depth:
0.80 centimetres
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Exchanged with:
Munich Ethnographical Museum
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am.8742
Additional IDs
CDMS number:
Am1872C1.8742
(old CDMS no.)