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"crown" of hair and feathers
Media Restricted
Object Number 11-43-30/83024
Display Title "crown" of hair and feathers
Descriptions
Object Description "crown" of hair and feathers
Inventory Description Hair headdress, red, with black feathers, on string-wrapped wood.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Shaft, modified
  • Headband
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arawak
  • Taruma
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 22.5 x 5 cm (9 1/16 x 8 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 83024

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