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Feather headdress

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

Provenance and sources

where
Brazil [Land]
who
Rikbaktsa

who
Renata und Eduardo Leroux - Former Possessors

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