Outfit Part

65-10-1C

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Chidin Tadi
Object Number 65-10-1C
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cashinahua
Provenience Peru | Rio Curanja
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Wood | Feather
Description

Feather train for dance outfit. Eight to ten brown and white harpy eagle feathers attached to wooden bars; quills split, wrapped around bar and tied with black waxed cord; seven bars tied together by cord at each end (tied c. 16 cm apart); end bar has 17 beige and black hawk feathers.

Length 134 cm
Width 23 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965

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