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Instrument for body painting from snake vertebrae

Entry in historical index card, entry in the main historical catalogue: Painted instrument made of rattlesnake vertebrae.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Kayapó
Object type
Instrument for body painting from snake vertebrae
Dimensions
Length: 33 cm
Material/Technique
Bone (vertebrae, snake), Feathers
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 7940

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Pao d'Arco
    who
    Kayapó
  • Collecting
    who
    Wilhelm G. Kissenberth (1878 - 1944) - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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