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

Collection type: Object
Description: Head ornament of black feathers, bound into a row with cotton yarn. [El.B 04/12/2008]
Long description: The feathers are also held together in the middle with yarn. The cotton is plaited into ties at the ends. [El.B 04/12/2008]
Geographical reference: Suriname
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Suriname; Paloemeu
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 Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Bound, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Width: max 430 mm without ties
Object numbers: Accession number: 1964.8.50.4B
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]

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