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"Tsunozozo"

Nose feather jewellery ("tsunozozo"), consisting of two parts; worn exclusively by men on festive occasions together with feather headdress V B 18851. The individual feather sticks each consist of two large macaw feathers (one red and one blue-yellow), which are attached to small bamboo tubes and decorated with small multi-coloured feathers on both the bamboo tube and the tip of the feather. The two feather sticks can be inserted into each other through the nasal septum by means of a palm wood stick attached to a bamboo cane. (Quote card) Index card : Two-part nose feather jewellery

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Rikbaktsa
Object type
Nose jewellery made from feathers
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite x Tiefe: ca. 54,5 x 12,5 x 1,8 cm
Material/Technique
Feathers , Wood (palm) , Bamboo
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 18873 a,b

Provenance and sources

where
Brazil [Land]
who
Rikbaktsa

who
Renata und Eduardo Leroux - Former Possessors

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