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1929.16.18

Head ornament; chaplet of black monkey's hide with fur outisde, with yellow feathers attached. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/9/2005]

1929.16.18

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Collection type
Object
Description
Head ornament; chaplet of black monkey's hide with fur outisde, with yellow feathers attached. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/9/2005]
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 Monkey Skin Animal, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Animal Fur Skin, Material Bird Feather, Process Dried
Dimensions
Length: max 500 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1929.16.18 Other numbers: 17
Associated publications
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]

Search terms: Ornament, Head Ornament

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