OUT OF THE AMAZON 87 FIG. 6 (below): Dorsal headdress, krôkrôkti, worn by men during namegiving rituals. Kayapó-Xikrin, Itacaiúnas River, Brazil. Second half of the 20th century Cotton fi ber, macaw and raptor feathers. H: 138 cm. Houston Museum of Natural Science, inv. Kayapo- Xikrin 058. Promised gift of the Mekler Collection. to lovingly gift their Amazonian objects, thus enhancing the extraordinary collection that now belongs to HMNS. 1993 was an auspicious year in that two exhibitions drawn from the collection were staged. One was again at the Fresno Art Museum and was seen afterward at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California. Secondly, I was approached by the Trust for Museum Exhibitions, based in Washington, D.C., about curating a traveling exhibit of Amazonian art. This resulted in an exhibition shown in 1994 at the National Geographic’s Explorers Hall in Washington, D.C.; the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon; and the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas. Also in 1993, noted anthropologist Barbara Braun approached me with a book proposal, which resulted in the 1995 publication of Thames & Hudson’s Arts of the Amazon, with text by anthropologist Peter Roe. This edition sold out within a year. FIG. 7 (above): Instrument for initiation into adulthood ritual, tómbi. Mashco, Madre de Dios River valley, Peru. First half of the 20th century. Bamboo, plant fi ber, snail shells, feathers. H: 152 cm. Collection of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, inv. 40.2015.19. This instrument is strapped to the initiate’s arm during the ombukerek ceremony.
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