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89-1-12A

From: Brazil | Matto Grosso | Upper Xingu River

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Peitiniamu
Object Number 89-1-12A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Northern Kayapo | Txukahamai
Provenience Brazil | Matto Grosso | Upper Xingu River
Culture Area Amazonia
Date Made 1980
Section American
Materials Feather | Cotton
Description

Yellow oropendula (Psarcolius sp.) tail feathers and scarlet macaw feathers tied to a cotton band (A) suspended in a bent buriti fiber bow frame (B).

Credit Line Purchased from Michael Bernstein, 1989
Other Number MB9-A - Other Number

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