Description (Physical description)
A cap of delicate workmanship, of yellow feathers with a line patten in red, blue and black feathers. The feathers of equal length are attached to a net foundation of fibre string.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Purchased from Fenton with a donation from Professor Bevan.
Event Date 1906
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Removed from display panel 69A, August 1986.
Event Date 08/1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Feathered cap. Yellow feathers have been attached to a foundation of string netting, and red, blue, and black feathers added on either side in a line pattern.
Event Date 8/7/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Conservation (Surface Clean)
CON.2022.5383 | Surface Clean
Event Date 14/6/2022
Author: Ayesha Fuentes

Context (Analysis)
Examined by Anita Herle and Rosa Dyer (a AHRC CDP doctoral student at the Pitt Rivers Museum/ Birkbeck University) on 31 Jan 2024. Rosa's research focuses on the use of feathers in objects made by South American Indigenous peoples. The wispy yellow and red feathers are toucan, the blue feathers are parrot, probably from a blue and yellow macaw, and the black feathers are curassow.
Event Date 31/1/2024
Author: Anita Herle

Context (Display)
Displayed in the exhibition COLOUR: Art, Science & Power (MAA 26 July 2022 - 26 April 2023). Curated by Anita Herle with Tom Crowley.
Event Date 31/1/2024
Author: Anita Herle