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   ocr: a the different significant tribes of the variations region. in Her ornamentation body is styles decorated among in black paint derived from the genipa fruit. She wears a crown made of strips of bamboo, each of which is wound with split bird quills and cotton thread that has been colored red. The fringe on top of the crown consists of spider-monkey hair. Other objects shown here, such as the yellow ornament made from oropendola feathers, represent still more styles of embellish- ment found among the indigenous peo- ples of the Amazon basin. While they are worn for ceremonial occasions, none of ...