Baby carrier beads threaded on cotton between wooden arms decorated with nut cases

Made:
1870-1935 in Guyana
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Baby carrier beads threaded on cotton between wooden arms decorated with nut cases, parrot feathers, Waiwai tribe, British Guiana,1870-1935

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A670016
Materials:
wood, arms, glass, beads, cotton, nut shells and feathers, parrot
Measurements:
length 310 mm
width 280 mm
thickness 10 mm
type:
baby carrier
credit:
Glendining

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