Beaded breastplate with Ixý Nõhõti Raro-ó motif

Karaja People2011

Museu do Índio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bead breastplate whose layout forms the Ixý Nõhõti Raro-ó pattern. Presents inferior edge tied up with a row of beads and "chapéu de napoleão" (aguaí) hedgehog, from whose interior hang rosettes in macaw feathers. Has a cotton cord to tie the object to the neck.

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Title: Beaded breastplate with Ixý Nõhõti Raro-ó motif
Creator: Karaja People
Date Created: 2011
Location Created: Terra Indígena Karajá, Brasil
Physical Dimensions: 39,0 cm de comprimento(sem cordel de amarração);63,0 cm de comprimento (com
Type: Adornment of eclectic materials
Photographer: George Magaraia
Rights: Museu do Ínido
Medium: Miçangas, penas e casca de ouriço aguaí
Bibliographic References: RIBEIRO, Berta G. Dicionário do Artesanato Indígena/1988; MALCHER, José Gama. Índios/1964; MUSEU DO ÍNDIO. Boletim do Museu do Índio n°8/1998; MOTTA, Dilza Fonseca da. Tesauro de cultura material dos índios no Brasil/2006.LAGROU, Els. Karajá:Ixikuna, miçanga. In: No caminho da miçanga: um mundo que se faz de contas. Rio de Janeiro: Museu do Índio, 2016.

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