Peruvian Kaxinawá blue and gold macaw feather headdress
Title
Peruvian Kaxinawá blue and gold macaw feather headdress
Alternative Title
Pei Maiti
Subject
headdress, Kaxinawá, Kensinger, Peru
Description
A headdress consisting of a wooden circle, woven pink, gray, and white string and feathers.
Notes on accession card:
"Pei Mati- Wood frame around which is woven white, pink and blue/grey cotton plus gold plant (razor grass) fiber strip wrapped around back off frame and double plumeage [sic]. Three layers of crown feathers. First level is black wild turkey feathers. Second level gold macaw and Third layer blue macaw feathers from wings (Kana). Two Blue/gold tail feathers.
front-to-back width- 17.7 cm
side-to-side- 16.4 cm
Notes on accession card:
"Pei Mati- Wood frame around which is woven white, pink and blue/grey cotton plus gold plant (razor grass) fiber strip wrapped around back off frame and double plumeage [sic]. Three layers of crown feathers. First level is black wild turkey feathers. Second level gold macaw and Third layer blue macaw feathers from wings (Kana). Two Blue/gold tail feathers.
front-to-back width- 17.7 cm
side-to-side- 16.4 cm
Creator
Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Anisu
Date Created
c. 20th Century
Contributor
Kenneth Kensinger
Type
ritual, accessory
Publisher
Temple University Anthropology Lab
Identifier
1966-1-70
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Kaxinawá, Rio Curanja, Anisu, “Peruvian Kaxinawá blue and gold macaw feather headdress ,” Anthropology Laboratory and Museum, accessed April 27, 2024, http://gamma.library.temple.edu/anthropologylab/items/show/137.