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Object Number 61-7-30/8249
Display Title Headband with three vertical macaw feathers - ceremonial
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress, woven fiber band with 3 large red and blue featheres on sticks.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Canela
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Ponto
Dimensions Overall: 75.5 x 5.7 x 11.4 cm (29 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-7-30/8249

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