necklace
- Museum number
- Am1925,0704.5
- Description
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Man's necklace made of teeth (jaguar), beads.
- Production date
- 1925 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 8 centimetres
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Width: 51 centimetres
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Information provided by Murui Muina elders and researcher Juan Alvaro Echeverri. The elders explained that tooth necklaces carry the powers of the animals used for their production, and humans use these objects to acquire those powers and “think” like the animal. Made with “jaguar” teeth. Murui Muina name: izife
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1925
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1925,0704.5