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Object Number 23-46-70/D1748.3
Display Title Murrindi, emu feather ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, brown feather bundle, wrapped at base with sinew
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Materials Feather Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 26 × 2.8 × 2.8 cm (10 1/4 × 1 1/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 23-46-70/D1748.3
Provenance
Collector E. Clement (1922)
Seller Unknown (2/26/1923)

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