Part of a headdress: a crown of coiled basketry, around which are tied a row of downy white feathers of the Harpy Eagle. 1951.4.1B should be attached to the crown below the white feathers (see vendor's letter in RDF). [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/12/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Part of a headdress: a crown of coiled basketry, around which are tied a row of downy white feathers of the Harpy Eagle. 1951.4.1B should be attached to the crown below the white feathers (see vendor's letter in RDF). [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/12/2005]
Geographical reference: Guyana
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Guyana
Cultural groups: Waiwai
Person: Field collector E. McTurk; PRM source Diane McTurk
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1951
Date collected: By 1951
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1951
Materials and processes: Material Bird Feather, Material Plant Fibre, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Coiled, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Height: max 100 mm crown, Diameter: max 560 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1951.4.2B
Research and responses: Andrew Gosler and Juan Gonzalez, during a research visit, confirmed the identity of the white downy banded feathers as Harpy Eagle breast feathers. [ROH 07/03/2012]

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