Beading tool

Museum number:
16-9545
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1428
Description:
Form for making beaded ornaments; wooden rectangle with perforations and incised geometric designs on both sides; 19.5 x 3 cm; attached is start for beaded ornament with blue, red, white and black glass trade beads and dangling string.
Donor:
Michael J. Harner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Imiria Cocha (lake) Rio Tamaya, tributary of Rio Ucayali, Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Shipibo-Conibo
Collector:
Michael J. Harner
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Accession date:
July 12, 1961
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beading tool, accession number 16-9545, described as Form for making beaded ornaments; wooden rectangle with perforations and incised geometric designs on both sides; 19.5 x 3 cm; attached is start for beaded ornament with blue, red, white and black glass trade beads and dangling string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beading tool, accession number 16-9545, described as Form for making beaded ornaments; wooden rectangle with perforations and incised geometric designs on both sides; 19.5 x 3 cm; attached is start for beaded ornament with blue, red, white and black glass trade beads and dangling string.

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