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Peruvian Kaxinawá green parrot feather headdress

A headdress consisting of a wooden circle with black, white, and pink string adorned with rows of feathers.

Notes on accession card:
"Pei maiti- Feather hat-
Weaving of Pink, Black and white around wood headpiece. Lowest layer of feathers:…

Peruvian Kaxinawá harpy eagle Chief's dance costume

Part of a chief's dance costume (intended as a "back rack") consisting of brown harpy eagle and other multicolored feathers mounted on a woven vine rack.

width from front-to-back - 48.4 cm
width from side-to-side - 53.2 cm

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…

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…

Peruvian Kaxinawá harpy eagle feather headdress

A headdress consisting of a narrow wooden circle with black string around it, adorned with numerous white, black, and brownish-gray fluffy feathers. The feathers come from the leg, back, and breast of a harpy eagle.

front-to-back- 14.5…

Peruvian Kaxinawá harpy eagle feather headdress

A headdress consisting of a wooden circle adorned with pink, white, and blue woven material featuring yellow, black, and white fluffy harpy eagle feathers.

front-to-back- 16.9 cm
side-to-side- 16 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá harpy eagle feather headdress

A headdress consisting of a wooden circle adorned with pink, gray, and white woven material featuring two large feathers in the back as well as checkered brown and fluffy harpy eagle feathers and white, red, yellow, and blue feathers circling the…

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 harpy eagle feather headdress

A headdress consisting of a wooden circle adorned with black string around it, adorned with pink, black, and white woven material featuring one red feather in the back as well as multicolored short feathers and long, shaggy gray and white harpy eagle…

Peruvian Kaxinawá hawk feather headdress

A headdress consisting of a wooden circle, white and black string, woven material, feathers.

Notes on accession card:
"Pei maiti- Black, pink and white weaved cotton thread (goldwork). Crown has Black/white feathers of a small hawk. Plume is a…