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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, 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 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 sting-ray vertebra and jaguar teeth necklace

A necklace consisting of two strands of sting-ray caudal vertebra, tan seeds, and four jaguar or pig teeth.

length - 12.5 cm