Head ring
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1924 by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954, explorer, author, and MAI field collector) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 12/8800
- Barcode
- 128800.000
- Culture/People
- Guna (Kuna)
- Collector
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Object Name
- Head ring
- Media/Materials
- Palm frond/fronds
- Techniques
- Plaited
- Place
- Río Sangandí (Samgandí) and Río Tubugandí; Guna de Madugandí Indigenous Territory; Panama
- See related items
- Guna (Kuna)
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Record ID
- NMAI_138099
- Usage
- CC0
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