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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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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Tukano
Object type
Spring head freeze
Dimensions
Länge: mit längster Feder 50 cm
Durchmesser: des Reifs 18 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibres , Feathers
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V B 5721

Provenance and sources

where
Brazil [Land]
Rio Negro [Region]
Tiquie (Rio Tiquié) [Fluss]
who
Tukano

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Description
Purchase from Theodor Koch-Grünberg in 1907

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