headdress

Head ornament made of parrot feathers held together by cotton thread at the base and a different type of vegetable fibre in the middle. The cotton thread continues on both sides, probably to make it possible to be tightened.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1969.82
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
in crown shape: 110 mm x 200 mm x 200 mm; overall laid out: 110 mm x 406 mm x 15 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
parrot feather; vegetable fibre
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Americas > Amazonia WaiWai
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