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Head scarf/Bandana

Object Details

Collection History
Collected by Nicole H. Maxwell (1905-1998, a pioneering researcher of traditional South American Native medicine and ethnobotany from the 1940s through the 1980s), probably in the late 1960s; donated to MAI by Nicole H. Maxwell in 1970.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
Asháninka (Campa/Chuncha)
Collector
Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
Donor
Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
Object Name
Head scarf/Bandana
Media/Materials
Feather/feathers, cordage
Techniques
Woven, painted
Object Type
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
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