necklace
- Museum number
- Am1997,Q.1435
- Description
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A necklace made from a plaited fibre cord with numerous deliberate knots threaded through c. 150 acouri teeth.
- Dimensions
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Circumference: 50 centimetres (circa)
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Length: 2.80 centimetres (of teeth)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- Found in Americas collections in 1997 apparently unnumbered and unregistered. Formally registered April 2013. Found with four additional objects Am1997,Q.1433-1437, all from tropical South America, possibly Guyana. This object is identified as Macusi on an accompanying label. Other attached labels identify this as being acquired from a "Johnson", probably in the 1970s or early 1980s, but the identity of this person has not been established.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1997,Q.1435