Head band of feathers with three ornamented rods in the centre. [El.B 11/12/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Head band of feathers with three ornamented rods in the centre. [El.B 11/12/2008]
Long description: The feathers are mostly yellow, with red and blue feathers at each end and small red feathers along the base. The rods are ornamented with interwoven black and white plant fibre and small red and white feathers. The feathers are bound onto string which forms ties at the ends. [El.B 11/12/2008]
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 Plant Fibre, Material String, Process Bound, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 325 mm without ties
Object numbers: Accession number: 1929.16.19
Research and responses: See Biographies file 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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