The return of the ceremonial cloak is part of diplomatic efforts by Brazil's government to recover other Indigenous objects from museums in France, Japan, and elsewhere. Measuring just under 1.8 ...
The cloak, a feathered ceremonial cape used in religious rituals of the Tupinamba people of Bahia in northeastern Brazil, was removed during the Dutch occupation of the area. Its first mention ...
It is not known how the ceremonial cloak left Brazil, though experts believe it was made in the mid-16th century, when the country was under Portuguese colonization ...
It is not known how the ceremonial cloak left Brazil, though experts believe it was made in the mid-16th century, when the country was under Portuguese colonization. Photo: AFP With the beating of ...