head-dress
- Museum number
- Am1959,10.15.c-h
- Description
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Register 1959:
A group of six composite feathered headdresses ('Macaw'), set in a bamboo holder bound with cotton thread (painted with 'urucu' in nos. c, e-h).
- Dimensions
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Length: 29.60 inches (c)
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Length: 22.60 inches (d)
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Length: 22.20 inches (e)
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Length: 27 inches (f)
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Length: 32.20 inches (g)
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Length: 25.50 inches (h)
- Curator's comments
- Register 1959:
c: Another similar no. 15b [Am1959,10.15b].
d: Another similar no. 14b [Am1959,10.14b].
e: Another similar no. 14b [Am1959,10.14b].
f: Another similar no. 15b [Am1959,10.15b].
g: Another similar no. 15b [Am1959,10.15b].
h: Another similar no. 15b [Am1959,10.15b].
All collected by Donor from Akwë-Shavante Indians, Mato Grosso [,] Rio das Montes Region [,] BRAZIL.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1959,10.15.c-h