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1905.36.3

Coronet of parrot feathers on a circular basketry base.

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1905.36.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Coronet of parrot feathers on a circular basketry base.
Cultural groups
Macusi
Person
Field collector Miss E.C. Bell
PRM source Miss E.C. Bell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1905
Date collected
By 1905
Acquisition information
Donated: 1905
Materials and processes
Material Bird Feather, Material Plant Fibre, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Diameter: max 390 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1905.36.3
Research and responses

For notes on the Amazonian featherwork and related material on display in the Museum in April 2016, including this object, with suggestions regarding provenance and species identification, see the untitled report by Andreas Schlothauer and related correspondence in the RDF: Researchers: Andreas Schlothauer. [JC 8 7 2016]

Associated publications
More Than Human: Making with the Living World., Editor: Justin McGurik; Additional author: Tim Marlow; Additional author: Daisy Hildyard; Additional author: Anna Tsing; Additional author: James Peplow Powell; Additional author: Andrés Jaque; Additional author: Jia Yi Gu; Additional author: Michelle Westerlaken; Additional author: Anthony Dunne; Additional author: Fiona Raby; Additional author: Tim Ingold; The Netherlands, 2025
Illustrated in colour on page 99 of 'More Than Human: Making in the Living World. The edited volume published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at the design Museum between 11th July - 5th August 2025. Illustrated in colour on page 22 of Particularly Ravishing Morsels: Recipes from Around the World Inspired by the Collections, by The Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum (no place [Oxford], no publisher [Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum], no date [2007]). It is used to illustrate a recipe for 'Guyana Pepper Pot' by Doreen Douglas and is captioned 'Parrot feather head ornament. Macusi, Guyana. 1905.36.3' [El.B 29/04/2008]

Search terms: Ornament, Head Ornament

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