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1903.19.51

Head ornament of flamingo feathers, bound together with twisted plant fibre.

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1903.19.51

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Collection type
Object
Description
Head ornament of flamingo feathers, bound together with twisted plant fibre.
Cultural groups
Enxet
Person
Field collector Andrew Pride
Field collector South American Missionary Society
PRM source Andrew Pride
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1903
Date collected
By 1903
Acquisition information
Donated: 1903
Materials and processes
Material Bird Feather, Material Plant Fibre, Process Bound
Dimensions
Width: max 270 mm without ties
Object numbers
Accession number: 1903.19.51 Other numbers: Pride catalogue 33
Research and responses

Rosa Dyer, a CDP student at Birkbeck College/Pitt Rivers Museum, notes that these feathers are from the Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis). Rosa visited the Enxet community in 2022 and it seemed that featherworks are no longer worn or made in the community. One elder said in explanation that “there are no birds here”.

Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Headdress

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