Tucanape
Headdress
| Object Number: | 89-1-11 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Kuikuru |
| Provenience: | Brazil Matto Grosso State Upper Xingu River Kuluene River |
| Culture Area: | Amazonia |
| Period: | Modern |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Macaw Feather Hawk Feather Currasow Feather Bamboo Fiber Cotton |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Michael Bernstein, 1989 |
| Other Number: | MB8-A - Other Number |
Description
Headdress. Vertical diadem feather crown. Plume strip of toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) tail feathers surrounded mounted on a circle of braided buriti fiber, surrounded by a webbing of cotton overlaid with yellow and red macaw down feathers and black currasow down. Spoke of bamboo tubes holding macaw and hawk tail feathers.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Gift of Birds: The Featherwork of Native South American Peoples (16 Nov 1991 - 28 May 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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