Artifact Record Details
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Basic Information |
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| Artifact Identification | Apalai Capelet (Cocare) (1990.10.0056) | |
| Classification | Personal Artifacts : Clothing-Outerwear : Cape | |
| Visual Description | Parrot feather cape bound and the top and midpoint with plant fiber and cotton twine. The wing and tail feathers that comprise the main section of the capelet are tipped with white down feathers. | |
| Artist/Maker | None | |
| Geographic Location | America, South, Brazil, Amazonia | |
| Period/Date | Modern, ca. 1950 CE | |
| Culture | Apalai | |
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Physical Analysis |
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| Dimension 1 (Length) | 181.0 cm | |
| Dimension 2 (Width) | 98.0 cm | |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | 9.0 cm | |
| Weight | 256 g | |
| Measuring Remarks | None | |
| Materials | Plant, Animal--Feather, Textile--Cotton | |
| Manufacturing Processes | Assembling, Wrapping | |
| Munsell Color Information | waived | |
Research Remarks |
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| Published Description | N/A | |
| Scholarly Notes | Called cocare by indigenous people in Brazil. – Unknown, n.d. "Apalai shaman's feather cape."- N. & S. Whitten, 11/2002 | |
| Comparanda | See also Spurlock # 1990.10.0177-183, 176, 210, 201-209. | |
| Bibliography | Photograph of object in College News, 2006P.0031. Photo: "21st Century Museum Visitors & Digital Museum Resources", 12/16/2005. | |
Artifact History |
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| Archaeological Data | N/A | |
| Credit Line/Dedication | Gift of Drs. Albert V. and Marguerite Carozzi | |
| Reproduction | no | |
| Reproduction Information | N/A | |