Chest ornament

Museum number:
16-3984
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Accession number:
Acc.674
Description:
Pendant chest ornament of bird bones and bird skin (2 toucan, 2 cocks-of-the-rock), connected by woven shoulder strap.
Donor:
Gladys Ayer Nomland, Jorgen O. Nomland, and S. B. Henry
Collection place:
Potaskim branch of Santiago River, Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Huambiza tribe, Potaskim branch of Santiago River, Peru
Culture or time period:
Huambisa
Collector:
S. B. Henry
Collection date:
1932
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chest ornaments
Accession date:
1932
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chest ornament, accession number 16-3984, described as Pendant chest ornament of bird bones and bird skin (2 toucan, 2 cocks-of-the-rock), connected by woven shoulder strap.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chest ornament, accession number 16-3984, described as Pendant chest ornament of bird bones and bird skin (2 toucan, 2 cocks-of-the-rock), connected by woven shoulder strap.

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