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Description: | One of two ceremonial arm bands from the Xingu peoples of Brazil. The bands are one long twisted piece of brown string, with an ellipse shaped feather decoration in the centre. The feathers are from parrots and hummingbirds. The feathers are attached to the string by twisted plant fibre.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1990.166ii
caption: General view of label of Horniman Museum object no 1990.166ii | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | ceremonial adornments plant fibre string Xingu Peoples feather War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-40740 | Go to resource |
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