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Object Number
78-5-30/16766
Display Title
Feather headdress
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headdress, red and black feathers on basketry base, long ties, old insect damage
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Carib?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Branco
Materials
Feather, Cotton, Cane, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 6.5 x 23 x 28 cm (2 9/16 x 9 1/16 x 11 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
16766
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Louis Agassiz
(1878)
Collector
Hassler Expedition
(1878)
Donor
Museum of Comparative Zoology
(1878)
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