Choker necklace

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Culture/People: Mebêngôkre (Kayapó/Cayapo)
Previous seller: Fundacao Nacional do Indio (Brazilian National Indian Foundation/FUNAI), 1967-
Previous owner: Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
Donor: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian; Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) from the Fundacao Nacional do Indio (Brazilian National Indian Foundation/FUNAI) office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1973; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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Place: Brazil

See related items: Mebêngôkre (Kayapó/Cayapo); Adornment/Jewelry

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/1599
Barcode: 251599.000

Object Type: Adornment/Jewelry

Object Name: Choker necklace
Media/Materials: Snail shell/shells, cordage, glass bead/beads, nut shell/shells
Techniques: Wrapped, strung
Dimensions: 120 x 22 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61d13d0e6-335d-487e-9132-ec7bc7c53ce3

Record ID: NMAI_267105