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Whistle necklace
Krahô People2012
Museu do Índio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cukõnre gourd whistle made with gourd container presenting four holes for fingering. Is attached to a necklace made of tucum yarn cords. The necklace displays, next to the container, a pendant made of colorful beads tied up with deer hoofs and, beneath it, a pendant in red and yellow beads with finishing of parrot feathers.
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Details
- Title: Whistle necklace
- Creator: Krahô People
- Date Created: 2012
- Location Created: Terra Indígena Kraolândia, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: 52,0 cm de comprimento
- Provenance: Instrumento musical utilizado nos rituais. Dizem os pajés que o som imita a voz dos espíritos ( mẽcarõ).
- Type: Adornment of eclectic materials
- Photographer: George Magaraia
- Rights: Museu do Índio
- Medium: Fio de tucum, cabaça, casco de animal e penas
- 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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