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1964.8.50.2B

Head ornament of yellow feathers with long red feathers, bound into a row with cotton yarn. [El.B 04/12/2008]

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1964.8.50.2B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Head ornament of yellow feathers with long red feathers, bound into a row with cotton yarn. [El.B 04/12/2008]
Long description
The row of feathers comprises mainly yellow feathers, with some black ones and some black and white marbled with brown and black stripes. There are two long red feathers, with clipped blue and red feathers, fluffy black feathers and pale yellow egret feathers attached to the tips with plant fibre. The long feathers are decorated with tiny black and turquoise feathers along the lengths of the quills. The cotton binding is mainly white with one red strand. There are plaited cotton ties at both ends. [El.B 04/12/2008]
Cultural groups
Trio; Tiriyó
Person
Maker Korokoro
Field collector Peter Gerard Rivière
PRM source Peter Gerard Rivière
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1964
Date collected
1963 - 1964
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1964
Materials and processes
Material Bird Feather, Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Bound, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Width: max 280 mm without ties, Length: max 580 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1964.8.50.2B
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Provided by Peter Rivière in July 2004, a photocopy of the catalogue written by Rivière in 1964 listing each of the 1964.8. objects donated to the Museum and from which the accession book entry was directly transcribed by Museum staff with some additional descriptions of the objects added [JP 17/7/2004]

The black and turquoise feathers are most likely from the Blue Dacnis, also called Turquoise Honeycreeper (Dacnis cayana). See Wikipedia page on the Blue Dacnis. [El.B 04/12/2008]

This object was examined by Peter Rivière in January 2009. He believes that 1964.8.50.1 and 1964.8.50.2 belong to two different headdresses. He also noted that the object is very clean, suggesting that it has not been worn. [SM 12/01/2009]

Search terms: Ornament, Headdress, Head Ornament

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