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65-10-12

From: Peru | Rio Curanja

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Maiti
Object Number 65-10-12
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cashinahua
Provenience Peru | Rio Curanja
Culture Area Amazonia
Section American
Materials Feather | Cord
Description

Vine frame; three cord wrapped frames bound together by black, white and pink cord; black trumpeter bird feathers and many multicolored parrot feathers; string hanging down back with large green and small red parrot feathers. Used in fertility rites. Feathers from Pale-winged Trumpeter, Scarlet Macaw, and Parrot.

Length 12.5 cm
Outside Diameter 19 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965

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