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Feather headdress, upright brown and pink feathers on woven fiber and hair band
Feather headdress, upright brown and pink feathers on woven fiber and hair band
Object Number 27-56-70/D2823
Display Title Feather headdress, upright brown and pink feathers on woven fiber and hair band
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress, upright brown and pink feathers on woven fiber and hair band
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Date 1926 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Nohotil, village of
Materials Feather, Reed, Vegetable fiber, Human hair
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 9.7 x 6.6 cm (13 3/8 x 3 13/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-2823
Credit Line Gift of Patrick T. L. Putnam, 1927
Provenance
Collector Patrick T. L. Putnam (1926)
Donor Donated by Patrick T. L. Putnam (1927)

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