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Macaw shoulder ornament
Macaw shoulder ornament
Object Number 10-58-30/82710
Display Title Macaw shoulder ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Skirt or shoulder ornament of orange and white feathers
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Woyawoi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Guyana
South America / British Guiana
Materials Feather, Vegetable fiber, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 43.5 x 67 cm (17 1/8 x 26 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 82710

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