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Bracelet

Object Details

Collection History
Collected by William (Wilhelm) Schaeffler (1900-1980, a German missionary who worked in South America from the 1920s through the 1940s); purchased by MAI from William Schaeffler in 1938.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Piro
Collector
William Schaeffler (Wilhelm Schaeffler), Non-Indian, 1900-1980
Seller
William Schaeffler (Wilhelm Schaeffler), Non-Indian, 1900-1980
Object Name
Bracelet
Media/Materials
Cordage, glass bead/beads
Techniques
Gourd stitch/Brick stitch/Netted beadwork
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
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