Bead necklace made of sculpted miniatures in tucum coconut shell. It is composed by cotton yarn cord filled with rows of black beads interleaved with spherical tucum coconut beads.
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Details
Title: Detail of necklace in beads and spheric beads of tucum coconut shell
Creator: Kamayura People
Date Created: 1996
Location Created: Terra Indígena Guarani do Bracuí, Brasil
Physical Dimensions: 57,0 cm de comprimento
Type: Adornment of eclectic materials
Photographer: George Magaraia
Rights: Museu do Índio
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.
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