Headdress
Native Name:
Maiti
Object Number:
65-10-14
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Cashinahua
Provenience:
Peru
Rio Curanja
Culture Area:
Amazonia
Section:
American
Materials:
Cotton
Feather
Description:
Like 65-10-13; blue-purple macaw wing feathers instead of white; cotton is white and red. Used in fertility rites.
Length:
18.5cm
Thickness:
1.2cm
Outside Diamater:
18.5cm
Credit Line:
Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Gift of Birds: The Featherwork of Native South American Peoples (16 Nov 1991 - 28 May 1994)
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