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armlet (ornament (personal adornment))
One of two armlets from the Wai Wai people of Guyana. The armlet is a cylinder tube of tree bark, with plant fibre tassels connected to the rim, from which a chain of small red feathers are attached for decoration. There are also two long plant fibre threads attached to the armlet, from which large eagle feathers are connected. The feathers are black and beige and get progressively larger toward t…
Type of item
- armlets (ornaments (personal adornment))
Type of item
- armlets (ornaments (personal adornment))
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Provenance
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
Identifier
- http://collections.horniman.ac.uk/objects/123663
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-11-18T11:02:25.646Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:51:45.125Z