DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Necklace
NameNecklace
CultureAsháninka; also known as Chunchu and Macheyenga
Date1919
Place madeJunín, Peru, South America
Mediumcotton cord
Dimensionsoverall: app. 90 cm. Long
Object numberA.1961.7.5
DescriptionSix strands of seed pods; all strands fastened together by a well tied cotton cord without fastening device, or permanently. For ref. bibliography see: Indian Tribes of Eastern Peru William Curtis Farrbee Papers of the Peabody Museum, HarvardUniv. Cambridge, Mass., 1922, pp 1-48.
Artist not recorded