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Feather headdress

Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Tuyuca (Tuyuka)
Object type
Feather headdress
Dimensions
Diameter: 48 cm
Material/Technique
Straw, Feathers (heron), Feathers (toucan)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 5953

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    Northwest Brazil
    Rio Negro
    Rio Tiquié
    who
    Tukano
    Tuyuca (Tuyuka)
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Dr Theodor Koch in 1907
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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