Ka’apor headdress, ca. 1955. Rio Gurupi (Gurupy); Maranhão State, Northeast Region; Brazil (inferred).
Parrot, pigeon, macaw and currasow feathers, cotinga skins, cotton yarn.
This object will be on view in mid-December 2015, part of a conservational change out of nearly 50 objects in the exhibition, “Infinity of Nations.”
National Museum of the American Indian