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Head ornament
Object Number 18-25-70/D985
Display Title Head ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress, upright crest of brown feathers, woven and painted fiber band
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea?
Materials Feather, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 36 x 29 x 2 cm (14 3/16 x 11 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-985

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