Headdress

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Object Details

Culture/People

Mebêngôkre (Kayapó/Cayapo)

Collector

Amanaka'a Amazon Network, 1990-1998

Previous owner

Amanaka'a Amazon Network, 1990-1998

Donor

Amanaka'a Amazon Network, 1990-1998

Collection History

Formerly in the collection of the Amanaka'a Amazon Network (New York City), a nonprofit environmental education organization that assisted indigenous Amazonian communities in protecting their environments and maintaining traditional, sustainable technologies; donated to NMAI by the Amanaka'a Amazon Network in 1998.

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Date created

1990-1998

Catalog Number

25/4893

Barcode

254893.000

Object Type

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Indigenous Term

krôkrôti

Object Name

Headdress

Media/Materials

Macaw feather/feathers, heron feather/feathers, cotton cord/cordage

Techniques

Fingerwoven, tied

Dimensions

154.5 x 62 cm

Place

Rio Xingu; Pará State, North Region, Mato Grosso State, Central-West Region; Brazil (inferred)

See related items

Mebêngôkre (Kayapó/Cayapo)

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

On View

NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Headdresses

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63b347f47-8e8a-4f33-8683-c0bec6dfa359

Record ID

NMAI_270758