• Culture/People:

    Shuar [Palora]

  • Object name:

    Chest ornament/Pectoral

  • Date created:

    circa 1900

  • Place:

    Morona-Santiago Province; Ecuador (inferred)

  • Media/Materials:

    Bark cloth, birdskin/birdskins, seed/seeds, nut/nuts, cordage

  • Techniques:

    Stitched, strung

  • Collection History/Provenance:

    Collection history unknown, but said to have been purchased in London, England; formerly in the collection of Edith Hendricks (ca. 1849-ca. 1921, sister of MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks [1846-1928]); donated to MAI in 1921.

  • Catalog number:

    10/4124

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