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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 and yellow feathers are attached for decoration. There is also a seed rattle attached. There is also one long plant fibre thread attached to the armlet, from which large eagle feathers are connected. The feathers are black …
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/123665
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-11-18T11:02:25.690Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:51:45.135Z