Headdress Item Number: 424/9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Headdress made of a twisted fibre twine woven together in a net-like fashion with numerous orange and green feathers with black colouring. The multicoloured feathers vary in size and shape.
Narrative
This object came to the museum without provenance. It was identified as “Mebêngôkre (Kayapo)” through formal comparison with similar objects. Although they use the name Kayapo in international relations, the 22 communities that lived along the Iriri, Bacajá and Fresco rivers, and other tributaries of the Xingu, prefer to call themselves Mebêngôkre or “men from the water.”
Item History
- Made in Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Owned by B.C. Provincial Museum before November 17, 1977
- Received from B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution) on November 17, 1977
What
Who
- Culture
- Kayapo
- Previous Owner
- B.C. Provincial Museum
- Received from
- B.C. Provincial Museum (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Mato Grosso, Brazil
When
- Ownership Date
- before November 17, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on November 17, 1977
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0424/0009