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Feather ornament or headdress
Feather ornament or headdress
Object Number 78-5-30/16768
Display Title Feather ornament or headdress
Descriptions
Object Description Feather ornament or headdresses. See conservation report for additional object description.
Inventory Description Headband or regalia, basketry ring with bound on green and red feathers
Classification
  • Headband
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Carib?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Madeira
Materials Feather, Fiber, Red macaw feather, Plant fiber, Unidentified material, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 46 x 31.5 x 2 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 16768
Credit Line Gift of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1878
Provenance
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz
Collector Thayer Expedition
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (December 1878)

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