Breast Ornament
| Object Number: | 89-1-19 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Wayana Apalai |
| Provenience: | Brazil Para State Para De Leste River |
| Culture Area: | Amazonia |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cane (plant) Beeswax Feather Pigment |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Michael Bernstein, 1989 |
| Other Number: | MB14-A - Other Number |
Description
Kupixi. Ceremonial breast ornament. Plaited split cane pendant covered with beeswax and painted with red urucu/ginipapa mineral pigment. Kaikuxi (jaguar) symbol overpainted in white pigment. Toucan (Rhamphastos sp.) blue macaw, scarlet macaw and great white heron down. Used in okomoman ritual.
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