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Peruvian Kaxinawá teeth and seed necklace

MISSING A necklace consisting of teeth and two types of seeds.

Peruvian Kaxinawá teeth and seed necklace

MISSING

A necklace with multiple scrubs, consisting of various seeds and teeth.

Peruvian Kaxinawá capuchin monkey teeth adorned belt

A heavy cotton belt/hip band adorned with a double row of capuchin monkey teeth. The belt is fastened together with 7 braided cotton strands. There are about 320 teeth on this belt. Paired with item 1966-1-37.

Notes on accession card:
"Teeth of…

Peruvian Kaxinawá capuchin monkey teeth adorned belt

A cotton belt/hip band adorned with a single row of about 150 capuchin monkey teeth. The narrow belt is fastened together with five twisted strands, one of which is unraveled. This is a symbol of hunting skill.

length - 57 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá child's necklace of frog leg-bone and alligator teeth

A necklace meant for a child with two strands consisting of white string, small alligator teeth, and frog leg bones.

Notes on accession card:
"Leg- bones- frog: gives strong legs
gator teeth: give strong teeth
short- 2 strands
Maker: Soldado…

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 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

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 collar made of cotton and decorated with monkey teeth.

A collar consisting of nine strands of monkey teeth mounted on cotton bases. Multiple different monkeys are represented on this collar. This type of collar is typically made by a man. Wearing this piece would be the height of formality.

Notes on…