Chest ornament/Pectoral

Culture/People
Nambikuára (Nambicuara)
Collector
Edgar Roquette-Pinto, Non-Indian, 1884-1954
Expedition sponsor
Rondon Commission, 1907-1915
Previous owner
Museu Nacional (Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro/National Museum of Brazil)
Collection History
Collected in 1912 by Edgar Roquette-Pinto (1884-1954) of the Rondon Commission (a project to expand telegraph service in the Brazilian Amazon); subsequently in the collection of the Museu Nacional do Rio De Janeiro (National Museum of Brazil); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Museu Nacional in 1922.
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Place
Serra do Norte; North Mesoregion; Mato Grosso State, Central-West Region; Brazil
See related items
Nambikuára (Nambicuara)
Adornment/Jewelry
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
11/475
Barcode
110475.000
Object Type
Adornment/Jewelry
Object Name
Chest ornament/Pectoral
Media/Materials
Palm fiber
Techniques
Shredded, tied
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66610d998-b2d3-4ec2-88ef-47d55ff44b22
Record ID
NMAI_119080