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Feather head dress
Object Number 27-56-70/D2719
Display Title Feather head dress
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress, standing brown feathers on reed band bound with vegetable fiber
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Village of Kowel
Additional Geographic Terms Maro River, about 60 mi from mouth of
Materials Feather, Reed, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 35 x 9.5 x 1.8 cm (13 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object D-2719

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