FMNH 6021.nosub[1]

  • 6021: Ornamented skirt
    Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Ornamented skirt. Bark stained red with achiote dye from the Bixa orellana, fresh water clamshell, monkey teeth bird bones, seeds and beetle wings.
Catalog Number: 6021.nosub[1]
Description: skirt
Materials: bark cloth, shell, seed, animal tooth; monkey, animal bone; bird, insect; beetle elytra (wing casing)
Cultural Attribution: Shuar (Jivaro)
Accession Number: [45] World's Columbian Exposition - Department of Ethnology (Gift)
Accession Year: 1893
Collector/Source: World's Columbian Exposition - Department of Ethnology - Department of Ethnology, William E. Safford
EMu IRN: 1290722
GUID: bf32ad7d-f400-457c-8a43-ae8176e96c12

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