Dance of the macaws

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Collection Creator: Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965; Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

See more items in: Samuel K. Lothrop photograph collection; Samuel K. Lothrop photograph collection / Series 3: MAI Central American Expedition in El Salvador / Cacaopera (Kakawira): Dance of the macaws

Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Samuel K. Lothrop photograph collection, NMAI.AC.001.010. National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: View during the dance of the macaws performed by community members in Cacaopera, El Salvador. The two macaw men are wearing feather headdresses (NMAI 131009.000 and 131008.000). They, along with children on the left, are holding gourd rattles (NMAI 131011.000). A group watches from under the eave of the communal house.

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