FMNH 243726.nosub[1]

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    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Archaeology | 16-34 | Provenience: Casa de Julian, a Maquiritare village on the Upper Cunucunuma river. Venezuela | People or Culture: Maquiritare | Object: Pair of ear ornaments | Description: 2 woman's ear ornaments. Seven beads (4 red, 2 white, 1 black or brown) on a cord at the bottom of which is suspended a teiangular [sic] piece of silver. At the top of the cord are small sticks to put through slits in the ears. | Dimensions: (in cm) 5 cms. long (entire ornament) 6 cms. wide (base of silver piece) | Collection: Collected by Paul H. Nesbitt, 1950. Purchase. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 243726 | Field No. | Neg. No. | Acc. 2460 [BACK] [ILLUSTRATION]
Catalog Number: 243726.nosub[1]
Description: ear ornament
Materials: beads, cord, metal; silver
Cultural Attribution: Maquiritare
Accession Number: [2460] P. H. Nesbitt (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1951
District/County: upper Cunucunuma River
Collector/Source: Paul H. Nesbitt, Paul H. Nesbitt
EMu IRN: 1391415
GUID: 39005fd2-1c78-4414-9e03-318ec42c0192

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