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Object Number
40-24-50/4967
Display Title
Man's feather headdress for dancing
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
mve-gumba
Object Description
Man's feather headdress for dancing - 2 clumps of feathers tied together with pin of wart hog (mve-gumba) bone
Inventory Description
Ornament, 2 bunches brown feathers, bone pin with incised deco, fiber cord
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mberidi
- Belanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: Abu Satta Hills-north of Tambura
Materials
Feather, Bone, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 50 x 22.5 x 3.7 cm (19 11/16 x 8 7/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
4967
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