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Peruvian Kaxinawá macaw and harpy eagle feather headdress

A feathered headdress consisting of a wide, thin bamboo band; adorned with blue, yellow, and red macaw and harpy eagle feathers.

front width - 9 cm
back width - 8 cm
side widths - 8.5 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá white heron feather headdress

A headdress consisting of black wild turkey, blue/yellow macaw, and white heron feathers. Headdress also includes woven design and colored binding.

width from front-to-back - 15.9 cm
width from side-to-side - 16 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá yellow oriole and macaw feather headdress

A headdress consisting of blue and red macaw feathers and yellow oriole feathers. Headdress has a wooden circle with woven black, white, and pink string.

width from front-to-back - 17.6 cm
width from side-to-side - 15 cm

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 ocelot and monkey skin headdress

A headdress made of a wide but thin bamboo band adorned with ocelot skin, monkey skin, and multicolored macaw feathers.

back width - 9.5 cm
side widths - 7.9 cm
front width - 6.4 cm
circumference - 63 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá monkey fur headdress

This headdress consists of a wide but thin bamboo band with monkey fur and two red macaw feathers standing vertically.

front width - 11.9 cm
back width - 11 cm
side widths - 11 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá monkey fur and feather headdress

This headdress consists of spider monkey fur and blue, red, and yellow feathers dispersed throughout.

headband length - 27.5 cm
tail length - 30 cm

Condition of item:
shriveled skin, hair falling out

Peruvian Kaxinawá monkey fur and feather headdress

This headdress consists of monkey fur and blue, red, and yellow macaw feathers and brown wild turkey feathers dispersed throughout.

Notes on accession card:
"skin: dukawan
y. f.: macaw (kana)
dull blue: kana
vibrant blue-gr. : xawan
brown:…

Peruvian Kaxinawá chief's feather headdress

This headdress consists of a double wooden circle with thick white string and blue/white woven material. Four multicolored macaw feathers stand tall as do four sticks with white harpy eagle feathers. Also white, fluffy, and multicolored feathers…

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…