Lot no. 309
BRAZIL, AMAZONIA, large Carajas chief's fan headdress known as "Lorreto" composed as follows:
- Trimmed rectrices feathers of Hyacinth Macaw. Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus. I/A.
- Light blue rectrices and small blue scapulars and yellow underwing feathers of yellow and blue macaw. Ara ararauna. II/B.
- Red central rectrix feather and small orange-red scapulars of Chloroptera macaw. Chloroptera macaw. II/B.
- White trimmed rectrices, underside tail feathers of American Jabiru. Jabiru mycteria. I/A.
- Trimmed secondary remiges feathers of Black Urubu. Coragyps atrata. NR . But present in French Guiana, so CE and AG.
150 x 105 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Carlos Michaud
Reference:
Carlos MICHAUD, Deaf man among the Indians, reproduced p104-105
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