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Pair of pendants for knee strap

Index card : 1 pair of knee strap pendants made from beetle bodies and feathers

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Tuyuca (Tuyuka)
Object type
Pair of pendants for knee strap
Dimensions
Weight: 2 kg
Height: 1,5 cm
Width: 5 cm
Depth: 15 cm
Height: 1,5 cm
Width: 4 cm
Depth: 12 cm
Material/Technique
Beetle, Feathers , Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 5467

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Rio Negro
    Tiquie (Rio Tiquié)
    who
    Tuyuca (Tuyuka)
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Theodor Koch-Grünberg in 1907
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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