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  • Collection: Kaxinawá/Kensinger Collection

Peruvian Kaxinawá barbed arrow

A barbed arrow, made from palm-bark, mounted in cane shaft and adorned with feathers and colored twine. Arrows were almost always decorated for beauty but the feathers on the end of arrow have a definite purpose in terms of movement of the arrow.…

Peruvian Kaxinawá wooden doll

A wooden doll, decorated with stained designs. This doll has legs but no facial or gendered features.

length - 17 cm
width - 5 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá barbed palm bark arrow

Palm-bark, barbed, mounted in cane shaft. Feathered, decorated and bound with colored twine. Used for monkeys.

Peruvian Kaxinawá wooden doll (male)

A male wooden doll with carved genitals, decorated with red and black stained designs.

Notes on accession card:
"Made from same wood as stools. Most traditional style with genitalia
Made at same time as 143
made for one granddaughter
male…

Peruvian Kaxinawá barbed palm bark arrow

This arrow is sharp, has a single jagged edge and is pointed. The arrowhead is attached with white, black, and pink string and there is one red/blue macaw feather and a solid black wild turkey feather adorning the top along with colored string. For…

Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt

A skirt consisting of woven white and blue cotton with three wide blue stripes featuring designs.

length- 65 cm
width- 43 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá bamboo arrow

This arrow is sharp, doubled-edged and pointed. There is an indentation in the middle and it is lightly decorated and attached to the pole with pink, black, and white string. Two brown harpy eagle feathers adorn the top of the pole with colored…

Peruvian Kaxinawá bamboo arrow

This arrow is sharp, double-edged and pointed. The arrowhead is decorate and attached to the pole with pink, black, and white string. One red/blue macaw feather and one black wild turkey feather adorn the top of the pole with colored string and razor…

Peruvian Kaxinawá war club

A rectangular palm bark war club with triangular indention at bottom and areas of pink, black, and white (with design) string decoration along the long, carved top part of the handle. These decorations continue along the rest of the handle.

Notes…

Peruvian Kaxinawá harpy eagle feather chief's plastron

This plastron is a feather train for the chief's dance costume. It features feathers attached to wooden bars, with split quills wrapped around the bars with black waxed string. Consists of brown and white harpy eagle and beige and black hawk…