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Object Number 39-17-70/1230
Display Title Cassowary feather head decoration attached to cassowary bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, pointed bone with plume of dark feathers with fiber binding
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sanke Doek
Dimensions Overall: 60.6 x 4.5 x 1.1 cm (23 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1230

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