Head piece

Museum number:
16-9780
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Accession number:
Acc.1777
Description:
Feathered circular head piece Nuwtt (crown); made of toucan and hawk feathers attached to twilled foundation of vacabilla palm leaf stem: tied to headdress foundation 16-9772 as decoration.
Donor:
Joyce Nies, Paul L. Powlison, Robert L. Russell, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Collector:
Paul L. Powlison and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Head ornaments
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head piece, accession number 16-9780, described as Feathered circular head piece Nuwtt (crown); made of toucan and hawk feathers attached to twilled foundation of vacabilla palm leaf stem: tied to headdress foundation 16-9772 as decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head piece, accession number 16-9780, described as Feathered circular head piece Nuwtt (crown); made of toucan and hawk feathers attached to twilled foundation of vacabilla palm leaf stem: tied to headdress foundation 16-9772 as decoration.

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