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Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed earrings
A pair of earrings consisting of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), brownish-gray, large black, and hollow open-ended brown seeds. Part a has fifteen strands, part b has 18 strands. Notes on accession card:"Long earrings of Job's tears to be worn with…
Peruvian Kaxinawá wide and shallow palm leaf basket
A wide and shallow close-weave palm leaf basket with a roundish square shape. The top is bound in white string.
Notes on accession card:
"Chichan- little and big alike are termed Chichan.
made of ribs of unopened palm fronds"
depth- 9…
Notes on accession card:
"Chichan- little and big alike are termed Chichan.
made of ribs of unopened palm fronds"
depth- 9…
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed necklace
A necklace consisting of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), "Mai-Matsi", and black seeds length- 41 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed earrings
Earrings consisting of white string, Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), gray-brown, small dark brown, and medium-sized black seeds. Part a consists of ten strands, part b consists of twelve strands. Notes on accession card:"Earrings of Job's tears. To…
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed necklace
A necklace with 12 strands consisting of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi) and large black seeds. length- 43 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket
A close-weave palm leaf basket in a roundish square shape. The top is bound in white string.
Notes on accession card:
"Chichan
Little and big alike are termed chichan.
Made with ribs of unopened palm fronds."
depth- 14.5 cm
circumference-…
Notes on accession card:
"Chichan
Little and big alike are termed chichan.
Made with ribs of unopened palm fronds."
depth- 14.5 cm
circumference-…
Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton cloth on loom
This loom (small) consists of two balsa wood loom poles, two pairs of stretcher poles (with one pair attached to material with two of the small palm bark pins), three palm bark pins, one palm bark weaving sword, and two bobbins (one with purple…
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket pair
A pair of close-weaved, soft palm leaf baskets in the shape of deep roundish squares. The tops are bound together in white string.
Notes on accession card:
"Little and big alike are termed Chichan
Made of ribs of unopened palm…
Notes on accession card:
"Little and big alike are termed Chichan
Made of ribs of unopened palm…
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket
A close-weave palm leaf basket with a roundish square shape. The top is bound in white string.
Notes on accession card:
"Chichan- Little and big alike are termed this.
Made of ribs of unopened palm fronds"
depth- 14 cm
circumference- 84 cm
Notes on accession card:
"Chichan- Little and big alike are termed this.
Made of ribs of unopened palm fronds"
depth- 14 cm
circumference- 84 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá wooden doll (male)
This male doll is wooden, small, and has carved out wooden eyes and genitalia. It has a design except for the top and bottom.
Notes on accession card:
"most traditional style with genitalia
made at same time as 1966-1-259
made for another…
Notes on accession card:
"most traditional style with genitalia
made at same time as 1966-1-259
made for another…
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Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton belt
A cotton belt/ hip band consisting of a heavy, narrow white and black woven band; white, blue, and pink fringe; and white string at either end.…