Native Name | Chinaxeti |
Object Number | 65-10-41 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Monkey Teeth | Cotton |
Description | Brown tightly woven cotton, strings on one end passed through other; two rows of capuchin monkey teeth attached; teeth pierced through their width and then each is fastened to belt before string goes through next tooth. Used as "G" string, worn for dress-up. |
Length | 100 cm |
Width | 3.3 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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