Hair plume
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (1876-1948, physician and explorer), probably between 1926 and 1928; purchased by MAI from Herbert Spencer Dickey in 1928.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 16/404
- Barcode
- 160404.000
- Culture/People
- Eastern Tukanoan (Tucanoan)
- Collector
- Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (Herbert S. Dickey), Non-Indian, 1876-1948
- Previous owner
- Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (Herbert S. Dickey), Non-Indian, 1876-1948
- Seller
- Dr. Herbert Spencer Dickey (Herbert S. Dickey), Non-Indian, 1876-1948
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Hair plume
- Media/Materials
- Feather/feathers, wood, twine/string
- Techniques
- Carved
- Place
- Rio Uaupés (Caiari, Vaupés); São Gabriel da Cachoeira Municipality; North Mesoregion, Rio Negro Micoregion; Amazonas State, North Region; Brazil
- See related items
- Eastern Tukanoan (Tucanoan)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_171599
- Usage
- CC0
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