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1884.83.14

Headdress: a crown of coiled basketry decorated with red and yellow feathers. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/12/2005]

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1884.83.14

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Collection type
Object
Description
Headdress: a crown of coiled basketry decorated with red and yellow feathers. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/12/2005]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1874
Date collected
Prior to 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Bird Feather, Material Plant Fibre, Process Coiled, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Height: max 230 mm, Diameter: max 333 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.83.14
Research and responses

Andrew Gosler and Juan Gonzalez, during a research visit, thought that the yellow feathers may be tail feathers of a small parrot. They were uncertain about the identity of the other feathers. [ROH 07/03/2012]

For notes on the Amazonian featherwork and related material on display in the Museum in April 2016, including this object, with suggestions regarding provenance and species identification, see the untitled report by Andreas Schlothauer and related correspondence in the RDF: Researchers: Andreas Schlothauer. [JC 8 7 2016]

Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Basketry, Headdress

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