ornament;
bead
- Museum number
- Am1952,12.34.c-d
- Description
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Register 1952:
A pair of nut and seed strings of beads, with dark beads in the middle and larger seeds at the end. Probably intended as an orament for wrapping round the arm or neck.
- Dimensions
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Length: 21.50 inches (c)
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Length: 18.25 inches (d)
- Curator's comments
- Register 1952:
Nut and seed strings of beads. Dark beads in middle with larger seeds at the end, probably intended for wrapping round the arm or neck.
Modern. Urubu tribe ("of Tupí stock"). Sout of the Amazon, Brazil.
See author's book "Affable Savages".
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1952
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1952,12.34.c-d