Necklace
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- Culture/People
- Wauja (Waurá)
- Seller agent
- Atapucha Waura, Wauja (Waurá)
- NMAI agent
- Luis Antonio Curet, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Contributed by a Wauja community member to be sold in the United States to raise funds for repairs to the community's tractor and motorboat; purchased by Antonio Curet (NMAI staff member) from Atapucha Waura (Wauja) during his visit to Washington, DC, in 2016 as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Recovering Voices" language program.
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- Place
- Parque Indígena do Xingu (Xingu Indian Reservation); Northeast Mesoregion, North Araguaia Microregion; Mato Grosso State, Central-West Region; Brazil
- See related items
- Wauja (Waurá)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/9800
- Barcode
- 269800.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Necklace
- Media/Materials
- Snail shell/shells, cotton twine/string, palm nut
- Techniques
- Cut, ground
- Dimensions
- 48.0 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_411241