Description (Physical description)
Description for 1941.66[.1-2]: 'Two head ornaments each consisting of a crescent of red feathers backed by a crescent of larger white feathers, mounted in a double ring of cane joined by netting. Worn halo-wise.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display at MAA, Display 74 [dates unknown, but presumed to be have been removed before 1989 refurbishment].
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card reads: 'Collected by donor about 1895 among the Mushcui Indians, sometimes called Lengwa, Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco.'
Event Date 1895
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Rachel Hand description for 1941.66[.1-2]: 'The red feathers are now faded. One of the objects has metal wire along the cane mount. This is probably not origina'
Event Date 12/5/2000
Author: Louise Puckett

Description (Physical description)
Feather head ornament. Crescent of pink flamingo feathers backed by a crescent of larger white flamingo feathers, held in place by a double ring of cane joined by netting. Worn halo-wise.
Event Date 11/6/2021
Author: Louise Puckett

Context (Amendments / updates)
Research visit 20/9/22: Rosa Dyers (PhD student working with Pitt Rivers) and Andreas Schlothauer (Kunst & Kontext) confirmed that the feathers are flamingo.
Event Date 20/9/2022
Author: Flo Sutton

Context (Amendments / updates)
Research visit 20/9/22: Rosa Dyer, PhD student on a Pitt Rivers Collaborative Doctoral Programme, confirmed that she had spoken to the community who produced this object, who confirmed that 'Lengwa' an outdated and inappropriate term for their cultural group - Enzet Sur is the modern term. She also identified the feathers as being from flamingoes. Please see researcher database for information on her visit with Andreas Schlothauer.
Event Date 20/9/2022
Author: Flo Sutton