Headdress

Item number 3077/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Feather headdress. Predominantly black and red feathers on one side and blue feathers on the other side. Feathers are attached to a large woven cotton band; strings at ends.

Narrative

Purchased by donor in 1989 at a FUNAI store in Belem, Brazil. The object was produced as a means to obtain currency, by means of a program directed by the Brazilian National Foundation for the Support of Indians (FUNAI – Fundação Nacional de Apoio ao Índio) the Artíndia project. Created in 1972, in the apex of the military dictatorship (1964-1985), the project acquired objects classified as handicrafts from different groups and sold them to the public via a national network of shops, then returned the profits to the communities. The project was maintained until 2016. Although people 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.”