Native Name | Maiti |
Object Number | 65-10-10 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Period | Early 20th Century |
Date Made | 1900-1950 CE |
Section | American |
Materials | Cotton | Feather |
Description | Palm leaf rib frame entirely covered by white, orange, gray, and pink cotton cloth with an inner circle of black trumpeter feathers and an outer circle of yellow, red, black and blue parrot feathers. Called nea dani maiti. Used in fertility rites. Feathers from Harpy Eagle, Scarlet Macaw, and Blue-and-yellow Macaw. |
Length | 18.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 18 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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