BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT, PLATE 134 
VERTICAL FEATHER CROWN: MAKUSI, WAPISHANA, ET AL. 
A, Shows the feather string (a) of large white eagle feathers. 
B, After covering with the feather band carrying four rows of feathers (6, ¢, d, e) 
and the cotton fillet (f). 
C, Construction of the feather band showing four strings (a, 6, c, d@) to which 
feathers are attached. For diagram purposes only two feathers are shown on 
each. These four strings together with 30 or 4o others are stretched like warps 
across two sticks (/), and joined by crossbars or wefts (e). The warps pro 
jecting beyond the sticks form tassels to hang over the woarer’s back. 
