Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from Luis P. Correa in 1979; Correa may have been acting for FUNAI (the Fundacao Nacional do Indio or Brazilian National Indian Foundation) or may have purchased the item in Brazil in a shop run by FUNAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Xerénte (Sherente)
- Previous owner
- Luis P. Correa (Luis Prudente Correa), Non-Indian
- Seller
- Luis P. Correa (Luis Prudente Correa), Non-Indian
- Possible owner
- Fundacao Nacional do Indio (Brazilian National Indian Foundation/FUNAI), 1967-
- Date created
- 1970-1980
- Object Name
- Necklace
- Media/Materials
- Job's Tear seeds, reed, feather/feathers, cordage
- Techniques
- Strung
- Dimensions
- 42 cm
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
