Necklace, shells and seed threaded on cotton cord with depilatory forceps attached

Made:: 500-1650

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Necklace, shells and seed threaded on cotton cord with depilatory forceps attached, necklace damaged, ancient Bolivian, 500-1650

Details

Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A73326

Materials:: seeds, shells, cord, cotton, ? material and forceps, silver

type:: necklace

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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