Fancy Feather Head-Dress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Mar 1859
label: Collection Date
content: 1852
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. U S N William L. Herndon
label: Donor Name
content: National Institute
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HEAD-DRESS OF THE INDIANS OF NAPO. BEADS AND MONKEY TEETH INTERWOVEN. 470: BELT--MADE INTO TWO SECTIONS; THE FRONT CONSISTING OF A BAND 1 INCH BROAD AND 18 INCHES LONG, WOVEN OF CORDS OF TWISTED VEGETABLE FIBER AND INTERWOVEN WITH SMALL MONKEY-TEETH, WHICH ARE SECURED THROUGH HOLES IN ROOTS. PENDANT TO THIS PART ARE TWO BANDS, 7 INC. LONG AND 3 INCHES DEEP, WOVEN OF TWISTED CORDS AND SMALL BLACK AND WHITE GLASS BEADS, THE LOWER EDGES BEING FRINGED WITH FLAT TRIANGULAR DISKS CUT FROM BONE. THE OTHER SECTION, WORN BEHIND, IS A BAND 12 INCHES LONG AND 5 INCHES DEEP, WOVEN OF CORDS OF TWISTED VEGETABLE FIBER AND SMALL BLACK AND WHITE GLASS BEADS IN MOSAIC PATTERN, AND FRINGED WITH LARGE TEETH. WORN BY NAPO INDIANS OF THE AMAZON RIVER. L. 32" DEPTH, 7"."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ucayali, Peru, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Napo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 59A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E468-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress