Necklace of peccary teeth. The boar tusks are pierced at the root, strung on a string of white cotton thread, and held in position by a ligament of another such string. The free ends of these strings have round balls of yarn, two of them also on the part where the teeth are attached. Several teeth damaged or missing. Date: 1892 (acquisition by the museum). Place of creation: Suriname. Collection: The National Museums of World Culture.
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