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65-10-10

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

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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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