Head ornament of feathers of graduated lengths tied together with string. [El.B 19/12/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Head ornament of feathers of graduated lengths tied together with string. [El.B 19/12/2008]
Long description: The feathers are mostly blue, with long red ones in the centre. [El.B 19/12/2008]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; Upper Santiago River
Cultural groups: Achuar; Shiwiar
Person: Field collector Ronald Hawkesby Thomas; PRM source Ronald Hawkesby Thomas
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1923
Date collected: By 1923
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Bird Feather, Material String, Process Tied
Dimensions: Width: max 455 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.88.319
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letter from Ronald Hawksby Thomas to Henry Balfour, dated 6 November, 1922, giving the route of his journey through 'the Alio [?sic], Maranon, Santiago and Morona rivers and that area'. List of 'Curios to Oxford' (2 pages), and notes on 'The Indian Tribes of the Northern Oriental Region of Peru' [signed R. H. Thomas, 10.11.22] and list of 'Huambisa or Aguaruna Vocabulary (9 pages). [GI 20/11/2001]. From field notes in RDF - "On great occasions caps of monkey skin, parrot or other feathers, are worn".

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