1964.8.50.10B

Collection type

Object

Description

Head ornament of a long red feather with more elaborate ornament attached to the tip. [El.B 04/12/2008]

Long description

The ornament is attached to the tip of the feather with a string threaded through a black monkey tail. Suspended from the string is a gourd triangle decorated with blue feathers. From the bottom corners of the triangle rings are suspended with string, hung with beetle elytra. One of the rings is bound with red and white yarn and decorated with red and blue beads. [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 String, Material Beetle Insect, Material Gourd Plant, Material Animal Tail, Material Bead, Process Bound, Process Strung, Process Glued

Dimensions

Length: max 720 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1964.8.50.10B

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]

This object was examined by Peter Rivière in January 2009. He noted that this head ornament is worn in an arch with the beetle wings weighing the feathers down. The beads are imported and probably Czech. The fur is possible Spider Monkey [SM 12/01/2009]

Search terms: Ornament, Headdress, Head Ornament