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Object Number 61-7-30/8223
Display Title Ceremonial staff with elaborate feather decoration
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial staff with elaborate feather decoration
Inventory Description Staff, wrapped w/ cotton at top, tasselled ball, 2 clusters of dangling feather
Classification
  • Staff
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Canela
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Ponto
Dimensions Overall: 190 x 6.5 cm (74 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-7-30/8223
Provenance
Expedition University of Wisconsin (1957 - 1961)
Expedition Institute of Andean Research (1957 - 1961)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1957 - 1961)

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