Headdress
This feather crown symbolises the sun. It is worn by the girls during the coming-of-age ceremony. Sometimes it is also worn by the leader of the ceremony. The colour of the macaw feathers used corresponds to the girl's clan affiliation. | Johann Natterer
Collector:
Johann Natterer (1787 Laxenburg bei Wien - 1843 Wien) DNB
Collection:
Österreichische Brasilienexpedition
Time:
This feather crown symbolises the sun. It is worn by the girls during the coming-of-age ceremony. Sometimes it is also worn by the leader of the ceremony. The colour of the macaw feathers used corresponds to the girl's clan affiliation.
Object Name
Headdress
Culture
Tikuna
Material/technology:
Tail feathers of the scarlet macaw, body feathers of the harpy eagle, inner bark, plan fibres, wood, pigment
Copyright
Weltmuseum Wien
Collection area
South America
Invs.
1478
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