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Object Number
27-56-70/D2773
Display Title
Plumes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stick bound with black plumes, vegetable fiber
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
<State>
/
<County>
/
<City>
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Village of Kowel
Additional Geographic Terms
Maro River, about 60 mi from mouth of
Materials
Feather, Vegetable fiber, Wood, Reed
Dimensions
Overall: 100 x 13.6 x 2.5 cm (39 3/8 x 5 3/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
D2773
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Ornament
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| |
| 13-24-60/D2154.1 | Plumes for headdress |
Headdress
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Burma
| |
| 20-44-70/D1335 | Plume |
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|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 35-25-30/1011 | Pair of ear plumes for men |
Earring
|
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| |
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Earring
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Tucano?
| |
| 35-25-30/1018 | Pair of nose plumes for men |
Nose ornament
|
Tucano?
| |
| 35-25-30/1008 | Man's ear ornament - plumes and reed |
Earring
|
Tucano?
| |
| 13-24-60/D2154 | Plumes for headdress |
Headdress
|
Burma
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