Headdress
Item number H1.34 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Headdress made from an elaborate vertical piece (part b) attached to a woven, hoop-shaped headband (part a). The lower half of the vertical piece consists of several tassels, pom-poms and a god's eye fashioned from blue, red, green and orange yarn; the upper portion consists of a plume of brown, black and white feathers. The headband is a light yellow-brown, woven from thin strips of palm leaf with a Greek key-like pattern encircling the sides.
Item History
- Made in Ecuador
- Collected between 1934 and 1954
- Owned by Klara Adler before July 10, 1960
- Received from Klara Adler (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) on July 10, 1960
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- H1.34 a-b
- Type of Item
- headdress
- Material
- fibre, feather and palm leaf
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and wrapped
- Overall
- height 47.5 cm, diameter 20.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ecuador
Who
- Culture
- Interior Amazonia
- Previous Owner
- Klara Adler
- Received from
- Klara Adler (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source)
When
- Collection Date
- between 1934 and 1954
- Ownership Date
- before July 10, 1960
- Acquisition Date
- on July 10, 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0056/0002
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