Lip Ornament
SA363H
From: Guiana (uncertain) | Brazil (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | SA363H |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Waiwai |
Provenience | Guiana (uncertain) | Brazil (uncertain) |
Culture Area | Amazonia |
Section | American |
Materials | Feather | Wood | Glass | Seed | Plant Fiber |
Description | Feathers and beads with wooden attachment peg. Four white beads at top branching into 3 strands of alternating red and white beads. These three strands branch into two white strands of beads and again into four, six, eight, ten, ten and four strands of white beads. Seeds at all junctures. Two strands of white beads hang beneath each of the five bundles of feathers. |
Credit Line | Amazonian Expedition, William C. Farabee, 1916 |
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