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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