Headdress

Museum number:
16-13766
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Accession number:
Acc.2596
Description:
Headdress of bird feathers on foundation of knitted vegetal netting fibers; brown and white feathers with a touch of yellow and green feathers; height to top of tallest feater: 38 cm.
Donor:
Kathleen Speeth
Collection place:
Brazil
Verbatim coll. place:
Xingu, Brazil
Culture or time period:
Xingu
Collector:
Robert Berryman
Collection date:
1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
February 17, 1970
Context of use:
Headdress; collector said that only headdress and two feathered armbands were worn by Xingu.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 16-13766, described as Headdress of bird feathers on foundation of knitted vegetal netting fibers; brown and white feathers with a touch of yellow and green feathers; height to top of tallest feater: 38 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 16-13766, described as Headdress of bird feathers on foundation of knitted vegetal netting fibers; brown and white feathers with a touch of yellow and green feathers; height to top of tallest feater: 38 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 16-13766, described as Headdress of bird feathers on foundation of knitted vegetal netting fibers; brown and white feathers with a touch of yellow and green feathers; height to top of tallest feater: 38 cm.

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