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Peruvian Kaxinawá giant anteater skin headdress

A headdress consisting of a wide, thin bamboo circle. The surface is covered with giant anteater skin and adorned with multicolored feathers with two tall red feathers in the back.

Notes on accession cards:
"Paka maiti Keneya (bamboo hat with…

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…

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 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