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Feather headdress

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Feathered headdress with neck decoration, worn by women and men on festive occasions ("wazpala"). The headdress consists of a wreath of large yellow and blue-red feathers tied around a circular wickerwork of buriti fibres. The fan-shaped neck decoration is also attached to this, consisting of various black feathers (some with white) and brown patterned feathers. yellow feathers: Rcongo or Japu blue-red feathers: Arara black feathers (neck hangings): Mutum (citation card) Index card : Feather headdress with nape of neck

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Rikbaktsa
Object type
Feather headdress
Dimensions
Width: 47 cm
Length: 67 cm
Material/Technique
Feathers , Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 18853

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Brazil
    who
    Rikbaktsa
  • Collecting
    who
    Renata und Eduardo Leroux - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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