Peruvian Kaxinawá bamboo with yellow, blue, purple, and grey feathers headdress
Title
Peruvian Kaxinawá bamboo with yellow, blue, purple, and grey feathers headdress
Alternative Title
Paka (bamboo) Maiti (headdress) Peiya (feathers) (to have)
Subject
headdress, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru
Description
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 yellow) unusual"
back width- 7.1 cm
front width- 7.9 cm
sides- 7.6 cm
Notes on accession card:
"This headdress has yellow macaw (kana) feathers, and bluish tanager (xanen) feathers. base-tail oriole feathers (2 yellow) unusual"
back width- 7.1 cm
front width- 7.9 cm
sides- 7.6 cm
Creator
Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Diuns-betsa
Date Created
c. 20th Century
Contributor
Kenneth Kensinger
Type
ritual, accessory
Publisher
Temple University Anthropology Lab
Identifier
1966-1-51
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Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Diuns-betsa, “Peruvian Kaxinawá bamboo with yellow, blue, purple, and grey feathers headdress,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed April 30, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/121.