Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954, explorer, author, and MAI field collector) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Hyatt Verrill in 1918.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Akawaio (Acawai)
- Collector
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Previous owner
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Seller
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Object Name
- Head ring with feather/plume
- Media/Materials
- Reed, feather/feathers, cordage
- Techniques
- Wrapped, tied
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
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