Head ornament of feathers in graduated layers, held together in a band with a strip of woven cotton. [El.B 04/12/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Head ornament of feathers in graduated layers, held together in a band with a strip of woven cotton. [El.B 04/12/2008]
Long description: The bottom layer is of clipped blue feathers, above that are clipped red feathers with some yellow, above that clipped black feathers, and then longer soft white egret feathers. Below the blue feathers is a strip of red textile. The cotton has been plaited into ties at both 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 Yarn Plant, Material Textile, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Stitched, Process Woven
Dimensions: Width: max 330 mm without ties
Object numbers: Accession number: 1964.8.50.7B
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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