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Spring head freeze

Head hoop of patterned straw ring, toucan, yellow Japú and red Arara feathers (file B) " circular hoops of the same size, 3 cm wide, woven in a stepped braiding technique, placed on top of each other and sewn together at the inner edge and reinforced with a narrow strip of rattan. A plant fibre cord runs between the two hoops at the inner edge, into which small red and yellow feathers are knotted, which now protrude between the two hoops; 9 large yellow (1 red) feathers are attached in the same way. Diameter (without large feathers) = 27 cm. The ends of the hoop are joined together and tightly wrapped with plant fibres. (The stepped weave technique is of different types: herringbone weave at the edges; a kind of zigzag pattern in the centre). (Vienna index)

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Tukano
Object type
Spring head freeze
Dimensions
Length: 50 cm
Diameter: 18 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibres , Feathers
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 5721

Provenance and sources

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

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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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