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Feather headband

Machiguenga, 1972

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Machiguenga

Feather headband

Machiguenga, 1972

Physical Qualities Feathers, string, red thread, 34 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 1 in. (string extended) (87 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Carolyn Brady, New York

Object Number 2001.435

Thick base of black feathers with red, yellow, blue/green, brown feathers on top

Part of a set of Machiguenga items obtained by G. Edward Montgomery (anthropologist) and wife (Rita J. Erickson) from Harold and Patricia Davis (linguists), on Monday, June 11, 1973 at the Davis' house in Yarinacocha, Peru. See hard files for details.

Carolyn Brady was given the headband by G. Edward Montgomery, c. 1973.

Inscribed: None

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