Necklace in sculpted miniatures in tucum coconut, made of cotton cord filled with rows of tucum coconut beads interleaved with ichthyomorph and ornithomorph figures sculpted in the same raw material and teeth of a unidentified animal.
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Title: Detail of necklace in seeds, teeth and sculptures of tucum coconut shell
Creator: Kamayura People
Date Created: 1996
Location Created: Terra Indígena Guarani do Bracuí, Brasil
Physical Dimensions: 89,0 cm de comprimento; 0,32 cm de largura
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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