Native Name | Maiti |
Object Number | 65-10-13 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Vine | Cotton | Feather |
Description | Vine frame completely covered with white, blue and pink cotton, rows of clipped multicolored parrot feathers attached to 5/6 framel long white heron feathers attached to string by folding quills over and lashing them with black waxed cord, this tied to cotton in spots; plain frame beneath white feathers to support them; white thread attaches white feathers to each other. Used in fertility rites. |
Length | 19 cm |
Thickness | 1.4 cm |
Outside Diameter | 19 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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