Peruvian Kaxinawá wild turkey, parrot, and harpy eagle feather headdress

Title

Peruvian Kaxinawá wild turkey, parrot, and harpy eagle feather headdress

Alternative Title

Pei Maiti (feather headdress) or Maiti Kuin (headdress real)

Subject

headdress, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru

Description

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 width- 16.4 cm
side-to-side width- 17 cm
circumference- 40 cm

Creator

Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Krompi

Date Created

c. 20th century

Contributor

Kenneth Kensinger

Type

ritual, accessory

Publisher

Temple University Anthropology Lab

Identifier

1966-1-48

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Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Krompi, “Peruvian Kaxinawá wild turkey, parrot, and harpy eagle feather headdress,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed May 9, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/119.