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Object Number 23-46-70/D1746.1
Display Title Guarru of native "turkey" feathers
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, thin carved wooden stick, tapered, speckled brown and pink feathers attached at one end
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Dimensions Overall: 30.5 × 13.4 × 9.2 cm (12 × 5 1/4 × 3 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-1746.1
Provenance
Collector E. Clement (1922)
Seller Unknown (2/26/1923)

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