Dagger
Native Name | Nupe |
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Object Number: | 65-10-84 |
Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Cashinahua |
Provenience: | Peru Rio Curanja |
Culture Area: | Amazonia |
Section: | American |
Materials: | Bamboo Monkey Fur Feathers |
Length: | 41.3 cm |
Width: | 2.8 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
Description
Long piece of bamboo tapered to point, back painted red and black, front with green lines and interlocking rectilinear design; based covered with monkey fur, wrapped with cord; two long red feathers attached, one with small white feather attached with wax, the other blue. Worn suspended from forehead down back as ornament and protection; used in fertility rites.
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