Ornament, 4 tails and coverts on cord

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Object Number 08-12-30/73067

Display Title Ornament, 4 tails and coverts on cord

Descriptions

Inventory Description Headdress, basketry with blue, red and yellow feathers, 4 dangling skins

Classification

Headdress

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Tariana

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America

Additional Geographic Terms Vaupés River

Materials Feather, Palm leaf, Cotton

Dimensions Overall: 78 x 74 x 2 cm (30 11/16 x 29 1/8 x 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 73067

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