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Necklace of animal teeth and birds, used by a shaman
Necklace of 66 peccary teeth, three rockcocks (the heads) and a "tischler bird", strung on a cotton cord.The shaman hangs the necklace on when in office, the teeth hanging on the chest, the birds on the back.ManufactureThe making of such a necklace takes quite some time, as the peccary (South American navel boar) is not easy to catch and only a few teeth are always usable. Other parts of the pecca…
Type of item
- Object Type: jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
- jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Date
- voor 1968
Medium
- Material: animal origin materials
- animal origin materials
- Animal product
Type of item
- Object Type: jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
- jewelry worn around the neck or on the upper body
Date
- voor 1968
Medium
- Material: animal origin materials
- animal origin materials
- Animal product
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1968
Provenance
- 1968-01-01
- Aankoop
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/117563
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- ambergris
- hair (material)
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z