Monkey Teeth Necklace

Unidentified Jívaro maker

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collected 1920

Monkey teeth and white beads

Overall: 14 3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (36 × 4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Henry C. Reed, Class of 1931

29.4.3988

Geography

Place Made: Ecuador, South America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Personal Adornment

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Henry Clinton Reed (1907-1993) in Pastaza River, Ecuador, 1926; given to present collection, 1929.

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