Hair ornament
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1940 and 1941 during the Wenner-Gren Scientific Expedition to Hispanic America, led by anthropologist and filmmaker Paul Fejos (1897-1963) and sponsored by Swedish industrialist Axel Wenner-Gren (1881-1961); donated to MAI by the Viking Fund, Inc. in 1941.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 20/4717
- Barcode
- 204717.000
- Culture/People
- Bora
- Expedition
- Wenner-Gren Scientific Expedition to Hispanic America (1940-1941) (Wenner-Gren Peru Expedition)
- Expedition leader
- Dr. Paul Fejos (Pál Fejös), Non-Indian, 1897-1963
- Expedition sponsor
- Axel Wenner-Gren, Non-Indian, 1881-1961
- Donor
- Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Indigenous Term
- káraaeko
- Object Name
- Hair ornament
- Media/Materials
- Feather/feathers, cordage
- Techniques
- Wrapped, tied
- Place
- Río Amazonas (Amazon River) area near frontiers of Peru, Colombia, and Brazil; Río Ampiyacu; Maynas Province; Loreto Region; Peru
- See related items
- Bora
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_218261
