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| Object Number: | 89-1-3B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Karaja |
| Provenience: | Brazil Goias Araguaia River |
| Culture Area: | East Brazil |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Bamboo Fiber |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Michael Bernstein, 1989 |
| Other Number: | MB2-B - Other Number |
Description
Occipital fan headdress called "House for the head." (A) of parrot feathers on radiating split bamboo stalks and scarlet macaw and spoonbill feathers forming a central fan. Feathers are attached to the ends of the stalks with beeswax. This is suspended between two connected fiber discs (B).
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Gift of Birds: The Featherwork of Native South American Peoples (16 Nov 1991 - 28 May 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Reina, Ruben E., and Kensinger, Kenneth M. 1991. The Gift of Birds: Featherwork of Native South American Peoples.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. xvi, fig. P.3; p. 128, fig. XIII | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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