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Feather dance crown
Object Number 07-23-30/72060
Display Title Feather dance crown
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hat, woven basketry w/open crown, feather rim, cotton fringe w/beetle wing penda
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Dutch Guiana
South America / Suriname
Materials Vegetable fiber, Feather, Cotton, Beetle wing, Wood, Reed
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 8 cm (10 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 72060
Provenance
Collector Katherine Mayo (1906)
Seller Katherine Mayo (1907)

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