NHM-HT.96-2014
Parts
Object number
NHM-HT.96-2014
Object type
Identification
Description
Snail shell necklace bound by string
Comments
Display label:
'24. Kamayura Indian necklace (mura pehi) made from a large terrestrial snail and carved with piranha teeth.
Given to Marika by Claudio Villas Boas. Xingu National Park. Brazil 1971'
'24. Kamayura Indian necklace (mura pehi) made from a large terrestrial snail and carved with piranha teeth.
Given to Marika by Claudio Villas Boas. Xingu National Park. Brazil 1971'
Description
Dimensions
width (actual size): 35mm
Material
textile
wood
wood
Production
People
Place
Brazil
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Hanbury-Tenison, R., Beauty Freely Given: A Universal Truth. Artefacts from the Collection of Robin Hanbury-Tenison, Garage Press, 2012 (p. 24)
