Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly owned by the Galerie Charles Ratton (Paris, France) or its owner, art dealer and collector Charles Ratton (1895-1986); donated to MAI by Charles Ratton in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Arecuna
- Possible owner
- Galerie Charles Ratton
- Charles Ratton (Charles A. Ratton), Non-Indian, 1895-1986
- Donor
- Charles Ratton (Charles A. Ratton), Non-Indian, 1895-1986
- Object Name
- Head ring
- Media/Materials
- Vegetal Fiber, feather/feathers
- Techniques
- Wrapped, tied, coiled
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
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