Peruvian Kaxinawá green parrot feather headdress
Title
Peruvian Kaxinawá green parrot feather headdress
Alternative Title
Pei Maiti
Subject
headdress, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru
Description
A headdress consisting of a wooden circle with black, white, and pink string adorned with rows of feathers.
Notes on accession card:
"Pei maiti- Feather hat-
Weaving of Pink, Black and white around wood headpiece. Lowest layer of feathers: Red-Blue-gold-Blue-Red from macaw- cut. Second crown layer is the shiny black breast feathers of hasin (wild turkey). Ring of taller feathers from green parrot (bawa Limiya) ranging in color from Green/brown, green/violet, green/red and green/yellow with various intermediate shading. Tail feather is red and blue from Kain (macaw). At base of tail feather are two yellow feathers from ISKU and one yellow oriole feather at tip attached by beeswax."
width- 15.8 cm
depth- 66 cm
Notes on accession card:
"Pei maiti- Feather hat-
Weaving of Pink, Black and white around wood headpiece. Lowest layer of feathers: Red-Blue-gold-Blue-Red from macaw- cut. Second crown layer is the shiny black breast feathers of hasin (wild turkey). Ring of taller feathers from green parrot (bawa Limiya) ranging in color from Green/brown, green/violet, green/red and green/yellow with various intermediate shading. Tail feather is red and blue from Kain (macaw). At base of tail feather are two yellow feathers from ISKU and one yellow oriole feather at tip attached by beeswax."
width- 15.8 cm
depth- 66 cm
Creator
Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Mario
Date Created
c. 20th Century
Contributor
Kenneth Kensinger
Type
ritual, accessory
Publisher
Temple University Anthropology Lab
Identifier
1966-1-68
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Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Mario, “Peruvian Kaxinawá green parrot feather headdress,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed April 28, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/135.