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Peruvian Kaxinawá harpy eagle feather headdress
A headdress consisting of a wooden circle featuring black, brown, and yellow reed material at the bottom, as well as white and black woven material. This headdress is adorned with dark blue, multicolored folding, fluffy white, and white-black spotted…
Peruvian Kaxinawá bamboo and macaw tail feather headdress
A headdress consisting of a wide, thin bamboo circle with one long red macaw tail feather with one short black and white wild turkey feather attached to the back.
back width- 8.4 cm
front width- 9 cm
side width- 9 cm
back width- 8.4 cm
front width- 9 cm
side width- 9 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá wild turkey, parrot, and harpy eagle feather headdress
A headdress consisting of a wooden circle adorned with pink, gray, and white woven band with one row of short black feathers (from the underpart of a harpy eagle's wing) and one row of colored feathers (parrot and wild turkey).
front-to-back…
front-to-back…
Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed necklace
A necklace consisting of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi) and black seeds ("Mai-Matsi"). length- 38.5 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá palm bark bow
This palm bark bow is strung with a twisted heavy brown cord around the ends.
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 large split reed basket
A very large, open-weave, stiff split reed basket with a roundish square shape. Attached to the front or back is a long, medium width bark strap.
Notes on accession card:
"loops for the carrying line are not traditional, but show Brazilian…
Notes on accession card:
"loops for the carrying line are not traditional, but show Brazilian…
Peruvian Kaxinawá vine basket
A large, open-weave, stiff vine basket with a roundish square shape. Attached to the front or back is a long, thin, and flexible bark strap.
depth- 25 cm
circumference- 83 cm
depth- 25 cm
circumference- 83 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá deep, circular vine basket
A cylindrical, close-weave vine basket consisting of a sturdy woven handle and pink string.
Note on accession card:
"clearly aberrant: Brazilian influence"
depth- 17 cm
circumference- 55 cm
Note on accession card:
"clearly aberrant: Brazilian influence"
depth- 17 cm
circumference- 55 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá black trumpeter bird feather headdress
A headdress consisting of a narrow wooden circle with black string around it, adorned with numerous black trumpeter bird (Nea) feathers and a few white, fluffy feathers.
front-to-back- 17 cm
side-to-side- 16.3 cm
front-to-back- 17 cm
side-to-side- 16.3 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.…