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Peruvian Kaxinawá necklace with Job's tears, one black seed, one red seed, and strands of porcupine quills
A necklace consisting of Job's tear (Coix lacryma jobi), a solitary red bead, porcupine quills, and brown beads.length- 38.5 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá child's necklace of tan seed, jaguar teeth, and sting-ray vertebra
A necklace meant for a child consisting of tan seeds, jaguar teeth, and sting-ray caudal vertebrae.
Notes on accession card:
"Sting-ray tail bones: protection from s-ray bite.
Gator- teeth
Seeds
For a child"
length- 13 cm
Notes on accession card:
"Sting-ray tail bones: protection from s-ray bite.
Gator- teeth
Seeds
For a child"
length- 13 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed, pig's teeth necklace
A necklace with four strands consisting of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), black seeds, and "Mai-Matsi" with pig's teeth. length- 26 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears, sting-ray vertebra, and frog leg-bone necklace
A necklace consisting of two strands of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), sting-ray vertebrae, and frog leg-bones. The stingray spine is meant to guard against sting from a ray and the frog legs are for strength in the legs. This piece was made by a…
Peruvian Kaxinawá child's necklace of alligator teeth
A necklace meant for a child consisting of three alligator teeth on string.
Note on accession card:
"Wearer is given strong teeth and protection from 'gator' bite"
length- 14 cm
Note on accession card:
"Wearer is given strong teeth and protection from 'gator' bite"
length- 14 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá porcupine quill necklace
A necklace with eleven strands consisting of porcupine quills. For a man or a woman.
length- 31.5 cm
length- 31.5 cm
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 sting-ray vertebra, jaguar teeth, alligator teeth, and seed necklace
A necklace with one short strand consisting of stingray vertebra, Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), small black seeds and poisonous red and black seeds with three jaguar teeth and five smaller alligator teeth. length- 24 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá sting-ray vertebra, jaguar teeth, and seed necklace
A necklace with two strands consisting of jaguar teeth, pig teeth, sting-ray caudal vertebrae, Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), and tan seeds. length- 24.5 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and ocelot teeth necklace
A necklace with three short strands consisting of fifteen ocelot teeth and Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi). length- 41.5 cm
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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.…