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89-1-16
From: Brazil | Matto Grosso | Juruena River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 89-1-16 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Rikbaktsa |
| Provenience | Brazil | Matto Grosso | Juruena River |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Date Made | 1962 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stork Feather | Parrot Feather | Hawk Feather | Currasow Feather | Bamboo Fiber | Cotton |
| Description | Diadem crown. Top crown: red body and yellow wing feathers of scarlet macaw, white egret secondary feathers and 4 bluish-black feathers of Orinoco goose (Neochen jubata). Hanging piece: primary, secondary and tail feathers of hawk. Attached to a buriti fiber woven band. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Michael Bernstein, 1989 |
| Other Number | MB13-A - Other Number |
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