Head ring with feather/plume
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in late 1916 or early 1917 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
- 6/862
- Barcode
- 060862.000
- Culture/People
- Akurio (Acuria)
- Collector
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Object Name
- Head ring with feather/plume
- Media/Materials
- Vegetal Fiber, feather/feathers, cotton cord/cordage
- Techniques
- Wrapped, tied, coiled
- Place
- Between headwaters of Demerara River and Berbice River; Upper Demerara-Berbice Region; Guyana
- See related items
- Akurio (Acuria)
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Record ID
- NMAI_65271
