Belt

65-10-135

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Chinaxeti
Object Number 65-10-135
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cashinahua
Provenience Peru | Rio Curanja
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Grass | Feather | Arrowcane | Cloth
Description

Woven white with black borders; attached at bottom is a string with pendant strands of red, white, brown and black; attached at top small pieces of arrowcane wound with cord and grass which hold on the small bright yellow, red and blue feathers; long ties at ends. Used in ceremonial fertility rites.

Length 72 cm
Width 20 cm
Outside Diameter 1.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965

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