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Object Number 40-39-30/2138

Display Title Headdress - blue, red, yellow feathers mounted on circular piece of +

Descriptions

Inventory Description Feathers, long red plumes, sewn into fan-shape between cardboard from packaging

Classification

Feather

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America

Materials Feather, Vegetable fiber, Cardboard

Dimensions Overall: 59 x 58 x 1 cm (23 1/4 x 22 13/16 x 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 40-39-30/2138

Provenance

Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson

Donor Donated by Mr. Ernest T. Jackson

Donor Donated by Mr. Patrick T. Jackson

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