Native Name | Maiti |
Object Number | 65-10-4 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Bamboo | Feather | Wax Cord |
Description | Strip of bamboo painted with red achiote and black paint, lapped and tied with white cord and black waxed cord; three large macaw feathers, front blue, yellow back tied in overlap; quill bases wrapped in black waxed cords, small white parrot feathers attached; black and white notched paujil (wild turkey) feathers at tips of two. Worn by men in fertility rites. Feathers from Blue-and-yellow Macaw, Great Egret, and Raptor. |
Length | 60 cm |
Width | 8.3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 18.2 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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