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Guna Shamanic Anteater Claw for Childbirth, with Others - A five-piece lot of shamanic teeth and claws from the Guna (Kuna/Cuna) culture of the San Blas Islands, Panama, with one tagged specifically from Rio Ciedras. The tagged piece reads: OSO ? from Ina Tuledi PROSPERO ECHEVES at MAMARTUPU (Rio Ciedras). For women during childbirth. (Oso means anteater in Spanish, and this animal's traits were considered a powerful aid to a birthing mother.) See photos for details on the other four items in the lot. Provenance: From the private estate collection of Captain Kit S. Kapp (1926–2013), noted American explorer, ethnologist, and cartographer. Gathered during his historic maritime and ethnographic expeditions to the San Blas Islands and Darién region of Panama between 1961 and 1972.