Tucanape
Headdress
89-1-11
From: Brazil | Matto Grosso State | Upper Xingu River | Kuluene River
Curatorial Section: American
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Michael Bernstein, 1989 |
| Other Number | MB8-A - Other Number |
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