Crown

Museum number:
16-8857
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160008857
Alternate number:
UC 4 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1219
Description:
Feather crown for man who has killed. Orange feathers are probably Rupicola peruviana (Andean cock-of-the-rock).
Donor:
Michael J. Harner
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
Ecuador
Culture or time period:
Untsuri Shuara (Jivaro)
Collector:
Michael J. Harner
Collection date:
Spring 1957
Taxon:
Rupicola peruvianus
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1957
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Crown, accession number 16-8857, described as Feather crown for man who has killed. Orange feathers are probably Rupicola peruviana (Andean cock-of-the-rock).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Crown, accession number 16-8857, described as Feather crown for man who has killed. Orange feathers are probably Rupicola peruviana (Andean cock-of-the-rock).

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