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Object Number 32-68-70/D3977
Display Title Thread-cross head gear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress, wood, plant fiber wrapped with cloth, looped, pierced with sticks
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Goldsfields-Esperance / Warburton Ranges
Dimensions Overall: 102 x 61.5 x 6.5 cm (40 3/16 x 24 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/3977
Provenance
Collector Penn Museum (1908)
Seller Penn Museum (4/11/1932-5/9/1932)

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