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| 1 | 1970.78.13.1 | Bag | Handwoven. Natural in color with blue vertical stripes and blackish-brown painted design. Handle is blue and white band. There are geometric designs that are very similar to those found in the Shipibo-Conibo culture and art. |
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| 2 | 1970.78.2.4 | Vest | Million seeded vest for chief. 74 loops of small brown seeds 25" long on fine thread woven into 2 strings. Strands are linked at two points by white cord that is braided around strands to keep them together but separated to form a band. The vest is worn as a status symbol by a chief of the Awajún people. |
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| 3 | 1970.78.2.6A | Earring | These are earrings made from iridescent beetle wings and toucan feathers. Previously among the Awajún both men and women wore earrings. The men wore earrings made of beetle wings and toucan feathers, like these ones, and women wore earrings made entirely of toucan feathers. Both sexes have a small loop in their earlobes permanently on which they can hang different earrings. The toucan feathers are glued together by a native resin and this is an everyday ornamentation. For special occasions the earrings are made from two types of beetles and called "akite-tóika" after the beetles the wings are from. On these special occasions, the earrings are fastened with perforated bone and strung with glass pearls instead of simply attached to the small loop in the earlobe. They have three bundles of toucan feathers at the top and each strand of wings are taken from the Shining leaf chafer beetle and have a bundle of toucan feathers at the bottom. |
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| 4 | 1970.78.2.6B | Earring | These are earrings made from iridescent beetle wings and toucan feathers. Previously among the Awajún both men and women wore earrings. The men wore earrings made of beetle wings and toucan feathers, like these ones, and women wore earrings made entirely of toucan feathers. Both sexes have a small loop in their earlobes permanently on which they can hang different earrings. The toucan feathers are glued together by a native resin and this is an everyday ornamentation. For special occasions the earrings are made from two types of beetles and called "akite-tóika" after the beetles the wings are from. On these special occasions, the earrings are fastened with perforated bone and strung with glass pearls instead of simply attached to the small loop in the earlobe. They have three bundles of toucan feathers at the top and each strand of wings are taken from the Shining leaf chafer beetle and have a bundle of toucan feathers at the bottom. |
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