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Corpus Christi Festival Headdress.
Headdress for Corpus Christi processions
Corpus Christi Festival Headdress.
Corpus Christi Festival Headdress.
Museum of International Folk Art, 1996. Studio photography by John Bigelow Taylor.
DepartmentLatin America

Headdress for Corpus Christi processions

NameHeaddress
Artist Artist unrecorded
Datec. 1960
Place madePujilí, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, South America
MediumFiber, wood, paper
Dimensions21 5/16 × 21 × 8 1/16 in. (54.1 × 53.3 × 20.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.2.679
Object numberA.1980.2.679
DescriptionWood frame, covered with cotton on back, foil paper on front. Bell shaped, decorated with rows of beads, shells, pieces of glass, metal.
Title holder's headdress or Nyim's crown
late 19th century - early 20th century
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Artist unrecorded
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Artist unrecorded
ca. 1970
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Artist unrecorded
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Shell Madonna
Artist unrecorded
Amulet
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1985
Indhoni
Late 20th-Early 21st century