Ornament

Date created
1973
Culture/People
Machiguenga
Donor
G. Edward Montgomery (George Edward Montgomery), Non-Indian
Previous owner
G. Edward Montgomery (George Edward Montgomery), Non-Indian
Collector
Rita J. Erickson (Rita E. Montgomery), Non-Indian
Collection History
Collected by Rita J. Erickson (then Rita E. Montgomery) in 1973 during anthropological research organized by G. Edward Montgomery in Machiguenga villages near Yarinacocha and Shimaa, Peru; donated to NMAI by Dr. G. Edward Montgomery in 2006.
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Place
Shimaa; La Convención Province; Cusco (Cuzco) Region; Peru
See related items
Machiguenga
Adornment/Jewelry
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/5589
Barcode
265589.000
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Object Name
Ornament
Media/Materials
Animal Bone
Techniques
Cut, incised
Dimensions
10.5 x 1.7 x 1.0 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6805e308b-900e-499f-bcfa-a7dd69551de2
Record ID
NMAI_281816