Belt

65-10-134

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Chinaxeti
Object Number 65-10-134
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cashinahua
Provenience Peru | Rio Curanja
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Cotton | Feather
Description

White and pink woven cotton; overcast with white at top; thick white cord attached at bottom. Hanging down from this cord: few thin pink cords; thin twisted black cord; thick white cordsl arrowcane wrapped with black, pink and white cord and razor grass with small yellow, red, or blue parrot feathers at ends; pieces of parrot skin with red feathers attached; one bird head with beak and turquoise and royal blue feathers; considered fancy belt. Used by men in fertility rites.

Length 62 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965

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