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Object Number
99-12-30/53168
Display Title
Wreath-shaped headdress
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Feather head band, black, red, yellow feathers on string-wrapped wood.
Classification
- Headband
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1858
Culture
- Arawak
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Guyana
South America / British Guiana
South America / British Guiana
Materials
Feather, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 20.5 x 4.5 cm (9 7/16 x 8 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Collector
Francis W. Cragin
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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