Native Name | Nupe |
Object Number | 65-10-84 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Bamboo | Monkey Fur | Feathers |
Description | Long piece of bamboo tapered to point, back painted red and black, front with green lines and interlocking rectilinear design; based covered with monkey fur, wrapped with cord; two long red feathers attached, one with small white feather attached with wax, the other blue. Worn suspended from forehead down back as ornament and protection; used in fertility rites. |
Length | 41.3 cm |
Width | 2.8 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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