Waist ornament of feathers on a rope. [El.B 16/12/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Waist ornament of feathers on a rope. [El.B 16/12/2008]
Long description: The feathers are black nearer the ends and yellow in the middle. At both ends a length of rope is left without feathers. [El.B 16/12/2008]
Geographical reference: Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Brazil; Matto Grosso West of Cuyaba Sao Lorenzo
Cultural groups: Bororo
Person: Field collector George Miller Dyott; PRM source George Miller Dyott
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1928
Date collected: 1928
Acquisition information: Donated: 1929
Materials and processes: Material Bird Feather, Material Rope
Dimensions: Length: max 2770 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1929.16.15
Research and responses: See Biographies and also 'Man hunting in the jungle : the search for Colonel Fawcett' by G. M. Dyott, 1930. (Bod ref: Bodleian BOD Bookstack 2096 e.37) [MdeA 12/1/2001]

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