Beyusti
Headdress
65-10-17
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Beyusti |
| Object Number | 65-10-17 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cashinahua |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Feather | Bark | Reed (plant) |
| Description | Circular wood frame; center loosely woven with pieces of bark; center cross piece of reeds; green and red feathers attached to 1/2 of rim by thin piece of reed which goes through their centers and is attached to wooden rim; crudely made. Used for child's imitation of headman's dance (see 65-10-1a). |
| Height | 17 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 18.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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