Long red feather with small white/grey feathers attached. [El.B 02/12/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Long red feather with small white/grey feathers attached. [El.B 02/12/2008]
Long description: At the bottom is a wooden rod, bound to the quill with plant fibre. The feather consists of two feathers, dark red with blue at the bases and tips, one has been attached at the middle of the other. Only the top feather has the small white feathers at the tip. [El.B 02/12/2008]
Geographical reference: Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana; Rupununi
Cultural groups: Macusi
Person: Field collector James Williams; PRM source Mrs James Williams
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1941
Date collected: By 1941
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/1941
Materials and processes: Material Bird Feather, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 745 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1941.3.42.1.13
Research and responses: Related Documents File - See 'List of Macusi Native Indian Curios from Rupununni, British Guiana. Presented by the wife of the late Rev. James Williams. A.K.C. F.R. Hist: S. Missionary to these Indians for 5 years.' Handwritten note at the bottom of the list: 'The page numbers on the cards refer to the pages in "Among the Indians of Guiana" by Im Thurn. Where quotations are given concerning most of these curios.' [GI 19/12/2001]

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