Feather headdress

Museum number:
16-9312
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160009312
Accession number:
Acc.1603
Description:
Feather headdress; approximately 50 macaw feathers in bundle attached with pitch to string netting on circular twig base; base; 2½ inches diameter. headdress: 9 1/4 inches height. String chin strap.
Donor:
Harold M. Davis and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Madre de Dios Region, Southern Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Collector:
Harold M. Davis
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1962
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feather headdress, accession number 16-9312, described as Feather headdress; approximately 50 macaw feathers in bundle attached with pitch to string netting on circular twig base; base; 2½ inches diameter. headdress: 9 1/4 inches height. String chin strap.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feather headdress, accession number 16-9312, described as Feather headdress; approximately 50 macaw feathers in bundle attached with pitch to string netting on circular twig base; base; 2½ inches diameter. headdress: 9 1/4 inches height. String chin strap.

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