Ornaments

Museum number:
16-15013a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm211615013a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.2927
Description:
Ornaments for Cushma, characteristic garment; sections of monkey bones, hollowed on one side; each bone has strips incised with grid designs; ends perforated for hanging in shoulder of cushma; a) 10 cm length; 2 cm width b) 11.4 cm length; 3 cm width c) 12 cm length; 1.6 cm width
Donor:
Allen W. Johnson, Orna R. Johnson, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Shimaa village, Rio Kompiroshiato, Montaña, Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Machiguenga
Collector:
Allen W. Johnson and Orna R. Johnson
Collection date:
1972-1973
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1973
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornaments, accession number 16-15013a-c, described as Ornaments for Cushma, characteristic garment; sections of monkey bones, hollowed on one side; each bone has strips incised with grid designs; ends perforated for hanging in shoulder of cushma; a) 10 cm length; 2 cm width b) 11.4 cm length; 3 cm width c) 12 cm length; 1.6 cm width

Tools