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Object Number
39-17-70/1451
Display Title
Cassowary feather headdress
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headdress, dark brown feather coil, bone attached, fibrous material, corded tie
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Denba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Dutch New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Waropen Coast; Geelvink Bay
Materials
Feather, Bone, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 37 x 18.5 x 6.4 cm (14 9/16 x 7 5/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-17-70/1451
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