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Feather headdress

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The headdress consists of a wreath of large white and small black, yellow and red feathers, which are tied around a circular wickerwork of buriti fibres. The fan-shaped nape of the neck is also attached to this, consisting of black feathers with light-coloured ends. (see index card ) Index card : Feather headdress with neck pendant

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Rikbaktsa
Object type
Feather headdress
Dimensions
Height: 59 cm
Width: 45 cm
Material/Technique
Feathers , Plant fibres
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 18852

Provenance and sources

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

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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