Naha Yasi
Dance Hat
87-34-8
From: Venezuela | Osibukahunoko
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 87-34-8 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Warao |
| Provenience | Venezuela | Osibukahunoko |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Period | Modern |
| Date Made | 8/1987 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Fiber | Wood | Cloth |
| Description | Made of moriche palm. Used in a number of secular dances, any man will wear these in festival dances. Carved wooden bird on top of hat is the waharomu, a bird that lives at march edge. Red cloth streamers. Naha yasi. Made by Pedro Maria Ojeda 8/1987 |
| Height | 116.84 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles Briggs, 1987 |
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