Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed necklace

Title

Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed necklace

Alternative Title

Teuti (neck thing) or Mane (beads)

Subject

Kaxinawá, Kensinger, necklace, Peru

Description

A necklace consisting of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi) and black seeds ("Mai-Matsi").

length- 38.5 cm

Creator

Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Idiududu's wife

Date Created

c. 20th century

Contributor

Kenneth Kensinger

Type

accessory

Publisher

Temple University Anthropology Lab

Identifier

1966-1-3

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Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Idiududu's wife, “Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed necklace,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed November 15, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/70.