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Meihprey belt
Krahô People2012
Museu do Índio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Meihprey cord belt made of fifty three turns of yarn made with twisted tucum coconut fiber. Presents on both extremities a tucum cord assembling the turns.
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Details
- Title: Meihprey belt
- Creator: Krahô People
- Date Created: 2012
- Location Created: Tocantins
- Physical Dimensions: 36,5 cm de comprimento
- Provenance: Adorno corporal usado antigamente para cobrir a vagina, atualmente são usados como colar
- Type: Adornment of eclectic materials
- Photographer: George Magaraia
- Rights: Museu do Índio
- Medium: Fio de tucum
- 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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