Headdress part/fragment
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1921 and 1922 by explorer and author Gordon MacCreagh (1886-1953) during the Mulford Expedition for the Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin (sponsored by the New York Botanical Gardens); donated to MAI by Gordon MacCreagh in 1922.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 11/6056
- Barcode
- 116056.000
- Culture/People
- Tukano (Tucano)
- Collector
- Gordon MacCreagh, Non-Indian, 1886-1953
- Donor
- Gordon MacCreagh, Non-Indian, 1886-1953
- Expedition
- Mulford Expedition for the Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin (1921-1922)
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Object Name
- Headdress part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Feather/feathers, cordage, wood
- Techniques
- Wrapped, tied
- Place
- Rio Uaupés (Caiari, Vaupés); São Gabriel da Cachoeira Municipality; North Mesoregion, Rio Negro Micoregion; Amazonas State, North Region; Brazil
- See related items
- Tukano (Tucano)
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Record ID
- NMAI_123936
