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Object Number
53-47-30/7501
Display Title
Ceremonial headdress of balsa wood (3 pieces); "lighting of the fish"
Descriptions
Object Description
Ceremonial headdress of balsa wood (3 pieces); "Lighting of the fish"
Inventory Description
Headdress, 2 trapezoidal plaques, brown/yellow designs, central convex face, t
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1940-1953
Culture
- Yukuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms
Miriti Paraná, Upper; Rio Caquetá, affluent of; Comisaria del Amazonas
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 64.7 x 45 x 5.5 cm (25 1/2 x 17 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53-47-30/7501
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Richard E. Schultes, 1953
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
(Spring 1953)
Donor
Donated by
Dr. Richard Evans Schultes
(October 1953)
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