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Peruvian Kaxinawá Job's tears and black seed earrings
A pair of earrings consisting of Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), brownish-gray, large black, and hollow open-ended brown seeds. Part a has fifteen strands, part b has 18 strands. Notes on accession card:"Long earrings of Job's tears to be worn with…
Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton skirt on loom
A partially finished cotton skirt on a continuous circular warp loom. The loom has two balsa wood poles, one balsa wood shed pole, two pairs of cane stretcher rods, two short and slender palm bark pins, one palm bark bobbin with attached white…
Peruvian Kaxinawá cotton hammock on loom
A partially finished cotton hammock on loom that has been prepared for the weaving in of a design. Includes two balsa wood loom poles, two palm bark bobbins (one with dark blue and the other with white string), two slender cane stretcher poles, four…
Peruvian Kaxinawá agouti tooth awl
This awl is a slender stick with pink, black, and yellow-straw-like material. There is a long curved nail attached. Used in making arrows.
length- 11 cm
length- 11 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá agouti tooth awl
This awl is a short, slender piece of wood decorated with black, white, and a longer piece of pink string. There is a long, curved nail attached. There is a yellow-straw-like material also wrapped around the awl.
length- 9.8 cm
length- 9.8 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá bamboo arrow
This arrow is sharp, double-edged, and pointed. The arrowhead is decorated and attached with pink, black, and white string. One white and brown striped harpy eagle feather and one black wild turkey feather are attached with colored string and razor…
Peruvian Kaxinawá bamboo arrow
This arrow is sharp, double-edged, and pointed. The arrowhead is decorated on both sides and attached to the bamboo pole with pink, black, and white string. One red and one black feather adorn the top with colored string. This arrow was used to hunt…
Peruvian Kaxinawá feather nose piece
A two part nose piece, each consisting of a red macaw feather with a blue tip and a smaller dark feather attached at the base. For the side of the nose.
length a- 32 cm
length b- 32 cm
length a- 32 cm
length b- 32 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá feather nose piece
Part "a" of a two part nose piece, consisting of a primarily blue macaw feather with a smaller dark feather attached at the base.
length a- 34 cm
length b- 32 cm
length a- 34 cm
length b- 32 cm
Peruvian Kaxinawá black trumpeter bird feather headdress
A headdress consisting of a wooden circle adorned with white and blue woven material featuring fluffy, black feathers as well as dangling blue, red, brown, and yellow feathers. The black feathers are from the trumpeter bird.
front-to-back- 15.5…
front-to-back- 15.5…
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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.…