Amulet
96-1-845
From: Venezuela | Doro Ana
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Ndi |
| Object Number | 96-1-845 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pume | Yaruro |
| Provenience | Venezuela | Doro Ana |
| Culture Area | Circum-Caribbean |
| Date Made | 1980-1993 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone | Anthracite (uncertain) |
| Description | Stone carved into a dimond shaped basin with a circular disk on top of it, with a rectangle with a hole and string through the hole in it on the disk. It is worn by women on necklaces of commercial beads and coins,and are infrequently worn singly by men on curagua thread or nylon strings. |
| Length | 1.66 cm |
| Width | 0.95 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Russell D. Greaves, 1996 |
| Other Number | 1992-3-651 - Field No SF | 937 - Collector Number |
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