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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…

Peruvian Kaxinawá headdress made of snake skin adorned with feathers, Job's tears, porcupine quills, and cotton pom-poms.

A headdress consisting of a wide circle of snakeskin, purple, blue, yellow, and red feathers on a band, small Job's tears (Coix lacryma jobi), porcupine quills, and string with pink and blue pom poms circling the bottom of the band. Notes on…

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 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 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 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 palm leaf fire fan

A fire fan consisting of woven dried palm leaves in a pentagon shape with a straight wood strip at the base.

length at top- 27 cm
width- 45.5 cm

Peruvian Kaxinawá pink and white heron feather headdress

A headdress consisting of a wooden circle adorned with pink, black, and white woven material featuring three rows of feathers. The pink and white feathers are from a heron. The two tall feathers in the back of this headdress are macaw tail feathers…