Peruvian Kaxinawá black trumpeter headdress
Title
Peruvian Kaxinawá black trumpeter headdress
Alternative Title
Pei Maiti
Subject
headdress, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru
Description
A headdress consisting of a wooden circle, black string, and feathers.
Notes on accession card:
"Pei Mati (Feather hat)- Crown of wod [sic] with twine (brown) binding feathers to wood. Layers blend together but is broken into two separate layers. Lower level is black fluffy feathers from the trumpeter bird (Nea). Upper level feathers are from hawk and has colors of alternating black/brown and white. On the left sides lower level are a few blue parrot (macaw) feathers and on upper left white fluffy hawk feathers. Attached at some tips of upper lower feathers are gold/blue Kana feathers and red Kain feathers from macaw. Two plumes extend from crown from a macaw of Red and Blue Kain tipped by white/black wild turkey feathers attached by beeswax with a bit of gold macaw feather at each base."
front-to-back width- 15.8 cm
side-to-side- 16.9 cm
Notes on accession card:
"Pei Mati (Feather hat)- Crown of wod [sic] with twine (brown) binding feathers to wood. Layers blend together but is broken into two separate layers. Lower level is black fluffy feathers from the trumpeter bird (Nea). Upper level feathers are from hawk and has colors of alternating black/brown and white. On the left sides lower level are a few blue parrot (macaw) feathers and on upper left white fluffy hawk feathers. Attached at some tips of upper lower feathers are gold/blue Kana feathers and red Kain feathers from macaw. Two plumes extend from crown from a macaw of Red and Blue Kain tipped by white/black wild turkey feathers attached by beeswax with a bit of gold macaw feather at each base."
front-to-back width- 15.8 cm
side-to-side- 16.9 cm
Creator
Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja
Date Created
c. 20th Century
Contributor
Kenneth Kensinger
Type
ritual, accessory
Publisher
Temple University Anthropology Lab
Identifier
1966-1-69
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Citation
Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, “Peruvian Kaxinawá black trumpeter headdress ,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed April 27, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/136.