Native Name | Maiti |
Object Number | 65-10-7 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Cashinahua |
Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Palm Leaf | Cloth | Feather |
Description | Palm leaf rib frame, 2/3 of circumference covered with pink and white cloth with attached black trumpeter bird feathers and one white feather; rest of frame wrapped with whtie cord; incomplete. Used in fertility rites. Maker: Xiku |
Height | 8 cm |
Thickness | 1.3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 18 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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