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Peruvian Kaxinawá wild turkey and harpy eagle feather shaman headdress adorned with monkey teeth and snail shells

A headdress consisting of harpy eagle feathers and wild turkey crests. The headdress also includes: colored binding with adorning monkey teeth, and snail shells which are attached to two hanging feathered string tails (one of which features bird…

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 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 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

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…

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

Peruvian Kaxinawá wooden stool

A wooden stool with a stained design, intended as a toy for a child.

Peruvian Kaxinawá bamboo with yellow, blue, purple, and grey feathers headdress

A headdress consisting of a wide, thin bamboo band adorned with yellow, blue, purple, and gray feathers.

Notes on accession card:
"This headdress has yellow macaw (kana) feathers, and bluish tanager (xanen) feathers. base-tail oriole feathers (2…

Peruvian Kaxinawá snake skin headdress adorned with feathers, Job's tears, and monkey teeth.

A headdress consisting of a circle of snakeskin decorated with blue, yellow, red, brown, and white feathers. Around the bottom of this snakeskin band is a cotton thread with small monkey teeth and eight hanging objects attached. These hanging objects…