waist ornament, unrecorded Aénts Chicham artist

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waist ornament,
late 1800s–1928
, artist
waist ornament, late 1800s–1928
Where object was made: possibly upper Pastaza or upper Morona basin, Ecuador
Material/technique: blue-and-yellow macaw feathers; plum throated cotinga; red-billed toucan feathers; bark cloth; pigment; seeds; beetles
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 41 x 55 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 16 1/8 x 21 5/8 in
Credit line: Source unknown
Accession number: 2007.2755
On display: Brosseau Learning Center

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Brosseau Center for Learning: Principles of Organismal Biology Fall 2019

Identified bird feathers in this garment include parrots (Psittacidae family), the plum-throated cotinga (Cotinga maynana) and the white-throated toucan (Ramphastos tucanus). The plum-throated cotinga at the center of the cape is not native to Venezuala, where the cape was created. The birds are native to more southerly neighboring countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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