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Feather girdles?
Object Number 78-5-30/16782
Display Title Feather girdles?
Descriptions
Object Description Feather girdles?
Inventory Description Feather ornaments, feathers attached to string.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Amazonian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Amazonas
Materials Feather
Dimensions Overall: 37 x 14 x 0.5 cm (14 9/16 x 5 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Provenance
Collector Hassler Expedition (1878)
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1878)
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1878)

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