Earring

65-10-86

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Pauti
Object Number 65-10-86
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cashinahua
Provenience Peru | Rio Curanja
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Wood | Eagle Feather | Turkey Feather | Parrot Feather | Wax | Squirrel Fur
Description

White and grey mottled harpy eagle feathers, notched almost to tip; quilll end inserted in wood wrapped with black waxed and white cord and razor grass; small red feathers and squirrel fur bound at join; white and black notched paujil (wild turkey) feather, two small red and blue notched parrot feathers attached to top of large feathers with wax. Used by men in fertility rites.

Length 63.6 cm
Width 7.2 cm
Outside Diameter 1.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965

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