Accession No
Z 11340 E
Description
Wooden rod decorated along the shaft with short green feathers, with larger brown feathers starting approximately one third of the way up, with rounded white feathers coming from the top. Tip has been sharpened to a point; possibly used as an insert in a headdress.
Place
Americas; South America; Brazil
Period
Source
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 11340 E
Cultural Affliation
Material
Feather; Wood
Local Term
Measurements
110mm x 45mm x 650mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Z register for Z 11340 A-F: 'Six feather rods'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card reads: 'Possibly lip-borers, see example from Bororo in "Unter den Naturvolken Zentral-Braziliens", K. von der Steinen (375.5) p.475 fig. 131, but more likely to insert in headdress, see "Zwei Jahre unter den Indianen", Koch-Grunberg (375.k) fig. 100b, from R. Cuduiary.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 11340 A-F: 'Six rods 1'6"-2' long, covered with feathers bound on. E: Black and brown, white and green. Lower end sharpened.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Wooden rod decorated along the shaft with short green feathers, with larger brown feathers starting approximately one third of the way up, with rounded white feathers coming from the top. Tip has been sharpened to a point; possibly used as an insert in a headdress.
Event Date 8/7/2021
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:292715
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