Headdress worn during naming ceremonies
date: label: Date created
content: 1960-1964
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Tembé (Tembe) (attributed); said to have been collected from the Tapirapé (Tapirape)
label: Collector
content: Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
label: Seller
content: Dr. Borys Malkin (Boris Malkin), Non-Indian, 1917-2009
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1964 by Dr. Borys Malkin (1917-2009, a naturalist and ethnographer); purchased by MAI from Borys Malkin in 1966.
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place: label: Place
content: Pará State, North Region, Maranhão State, Northeast Region; Brazil (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Tembé (Tembe)
label: See related items
content: Tapirapé (Tapirape)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/8532
label: Barcode
content: 238532.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Headdress worn during naming ceremonies
label: Media/Materials
content: Feather/feathers, cotton yarn
label: Techniques
content: Woven, wrapped, tied
label: Dimensions
content: 50 x 26 x 2.5 cm