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Peruvian Kaxinawá neckless jar
This jar is small, rounded, and neck-less. It is made of ceramic and has no design but is dark brown/black in color.
Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm
Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá nut pick
A nut pick consisting of bone, with the bone surface removed halfway down. The bone then tapers to a point. For getting meat out of palm nuts.
length- 16 cm
length- 16 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá nut pick
This nutpick is made of bone. Around the midpoint of the pick, the surface bone has been removed, and tapers down to a point. For getting meat out of Palm nuts.
length- 15.5 cm
length- 15.5 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá nut pick (set of three)
Three nut picks made from bone, bound together by a coarse material. On all three picks, the surface bone is removed at the halfway point, and tapers down to a point. For getting meat out of palm nuts.
length a- 15.5 cm
length b- 18 cm
length c-…
length a- 15.5 cm
length b- 18 cm
length c-…
Peruvian Kaxinawá ocelot and monkey skin headdress
A headdress made of a wide but thin bamboo band adorned with ocelot skin, monkey skin, and multicolored macaw feathers.
back width - 9.5 cm
side widths - 7.9 cm
front width - 6.4 cm
circumference - 63 cm
back width - 9.5 cm
side widths - 7.9 cm
front width - 6.4 cm
circumference - 63 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm bark bow
This palm bark covered bow is wrapped in pink, black, and white string with a protective covering of brown corn husks.
Notes on accession card:
"covered with corn husks
which will remain in place til bow has been used in fertility rites, at…
Notes on accession card:
"covered with corn husks
which will remain in place til bow has been used in fertility rites, at…
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm bark bow
This palm bark bow is covered in a protective casing of brown corn husks. Underneath this casing the bow is wrapped with pink, black, and white string and razor grass.
Notes on accession card:
"covered with corn husks
which will remain in…
Notes on accession card:
"covered with corn husks
which will remain in…
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm bark bow
This palm bark bow is strung with a twisted heavy brown cord around the ends.
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket
A small, close-weaved, deep, roundish basket made of soft palm leaf.
Notes on accession card:
"Chichan
little and big alike are termed
made of ribs of unopened palms fronds"
depth- 7 cm
circumference- 39.4 cm
Notes on accession card:
"Chichan
little and big alike are termed
made of ribs of unopened palms fronds"
depth- 7 cm
circumference- 39.4 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm leaf basket
A close-weave palm leaf basket in a roundish square shape. The top is bound in white string.
Notes on accession card:
"Chichan
Little and big alike are termed chichan.
Made with ribs of unopened palm fronds."
depth- 14.5 cm
circumference-…
Notes on accession card:
"Chichan
Little and big alike are termed chichan.
Made with ribs of unopened palm fronds."
depth- 14.5 cm
circumference-…
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Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton belt
A cotton belt/ hip band consisting of a heavy, narrow white and black woven band; white, blue, and pink fringe; and white string at either end.…