knee cords, pair
Identifier
http://dp.la/api/items/edefe935281e46d3cc8e0858482d0033
Title
knee cords, pair
Creator
Dr. Dolores Newton
Date
24 Apr 2006
Description
Thick cotton cord, covered with some pigment and spotted with resin. Each cord has three little feather pendants on one end. Each pendant has a mixture of glass and one tubular plastic bead. Dr. Newton says these were obtained from and made by Ingre-o Julia Corredor, a 48 y/o female. Used by her daugther Maria Jesus for ceremony. Meo kre pudulunti; used twices, the last less than a year before. Sold as an incomplete set as the feather cord is not here. One missing piece. Name for this is me?kai. The square cordage (cross section) is made from a single strand (crochet). Cord is 2z cotton, bead cord and tie is 2z tucum/caroa. Pendants are glass beads, rubber/plastic tubular and macaw feathers. Price paid: 2.50 crn.
2 Dec 2014
2
Subject
Anthropology
Ethnology
Dr. Dolores Newton
Indians of South America
Apinage? Indians
Native Americans
Source
Smithsonian Institution
Relation
Subject
Anthropology
Ethnology
Dr. Dolores Newton
Indians of South America
Apinage? Indians
Native Americans
Collection
Citation
Dr. Dolores Newton, “knee cords, pair,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed April 26, 2024, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/28515.
Added by Rebecca Keyel
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