Nose Ornament
65-10-39
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Dexuti |
Object Number | 65-10-39 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Bone | Cord | Resin (material) |
Description | Two curved agouti (majas) teeth, each sharpened to chisel-like points, orange colored on top, bound together with black waxed cord forming an open circle; white cord on either side of black cord; like 65-10-42 but smaller (cf. also 65-10-33). Used by men during fertility rites. |
Width | 5 cm |
Thickness | 0.4 cm |
Outside Diameter | 4 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
Other Number | C+65-10-42 - Field No SF |
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