Headdress

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Object Details

Culture/People

probably Eastern Tukanoan (Tucanoan) (attributed)

Collector

Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (Herbert S. Dickey), Non-Indian, 1876-1948

Previous owner

Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (Herbert S. Dickey), Non-Indian, 1876-1948

Seller

Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (Herbert S. Dickey), Non-Indian, 1876-1948

Collection History

Collected by Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (1876-1948, physician and explorer), probably between 1926 and 1928; purchased by MAI from Herbert Spencer Dickey in 1928.

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Date created

circa 1925

Catalog Number

16/375

Barcode

160375.000

Object Type

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Object Name

Headdress

Media/Materials

Macaw feather/feathers, oropendola feather/feathers, toucan feather/feathers, vegetal fiber, woodsplints, cordage

Techniques

Twill-plaited, wrapped, tied

Dimensions

57 x 27 x 4 cm

Place

Rio Uaupés (Caiari, Vaupés); São Gabriel da Cachoeira Municipality; North Mesoregion, Rio Negro Micoregion; Amazonas State, North Region; Brazil

See related items

Eastern Tukanoan (Tucanoan)

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws604df6a45-eaf6-49b0-a580-90a374e00f41

Record ID

NMAI_171970