Headdress
65-10-12
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Maiti |
| Object Number | 65-10-12 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cashinahua |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Feather | Cord |
| Description | Vine frame; three cord wrapped frames bound together by black, white and pink cord; black trumpeter bird feathers and many multicolored parrot feathers; string hanging down back with large green and small red parrot feathers. Used in fertility rites. Feathers from Pale-winged Trumpeter, Scarlet Macaw, and Parrot. |
| Length | 12.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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