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Peruvian Kaxinawá monkey fur and feather headdress
This headdress consists of spider monkey fur and blue, red, and yellow feathers dispersed throughout.
headband length - 27.5 cm
tail length - 30 cm
Condition of item:
shriveled skin, hair falling out
headband length - 27.5 cm
tail length - 30 cm
Condition of item:
shriveled skin, hair falling out
Peruvian Kaxinawá child's necklace of tan seed, jaguar teeth, and sting-ray vertebra
A necklace meant for a child consisting of tan seeds, jaguar teeth, and sting-ray caudal vertebrae.
Notes on accession card:
"Sting-ray tail bones: protection from s-ray bite.
Gator- teeth
Seeds
For a child"
length- 13 cm
Notes on accession card:
"Sting-ray tail bones: protection from s-ray bite.
Gator- teeth
Seeds
For a child"
length- 13 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton hammock
A sitting hammock consisting of woven white and pink cotton material and long strings on either end.
length- 156 cm
width- 77 cm
Obtained lightly used
length- 156 cm
width- 77 cm
Obtained lightly used
Peruvian Kaxinawá Harpy eagle feather fire fan
A fire fan consisting of: 6 long brown-white harpy eagle feathers on each fan, black string binding the base, and small yellow and red feathers.
Notes on accession card:
"Used in fertility rite
hung around neck
for fanning male initiates…
Notes on accession card:
"Used in fertility rite
hung around neck
for fanning male initiates…
Peruvian Kaxinawá corn husk ball
This ball made of dried corn husk-like material consists of a dark brown outside and a tan inside. It is tied together at the top using pink string.
circumference- 30 cm
circumference- 30 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt
A woven cotton skirt consisting of bright purple, dark green, dark pink, and white material. There are 3 wide stripes ( 2 dark green and one bright purple) with designs.
Notes on accession card:
"made and bought token for sale
no different…
Notes on accession card:
"made and bought token for sale
no different…
Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton cloth
Likely a half completed hammock on a loom consisting of woven dark blue, white, red, and pink cotton material with two strings on each corner.
length- 173 cm
width- 117.5 cm
length- 173 cm
width- 117.5 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt
A cotton skirt consisting of pink, dark blue, and white woven material and three wide stripes with designs.
length- 68.9 cm
width- 43 cm
length- 68.9 cm
width- 43 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
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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.…