Breast Ornament
89-1-19
From: Brazil | Para State | Para De Leste River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 89-1-19 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Wayana | Apalai |
| Provenience | Brazil | Para State | Para De Leste River |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cane (plant) | Beeswax | Feather | Pigment |
| Description | Kupixi. Ceremonial breast ornament. Plaited split cane pendant covered with beeswax and painted with red urucu/ginipapa mineral pigment. Kaikuxi (jaguar) symbol overpainted in white pigment. Toucan (Rhamphastos sp.) blue macaw, scarlet macaw and great white heron down. Used in okomoman ritual. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Michael Bernstein, 1989 |
| Other Number | MB14-A - Other Number |
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