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Object Number 64-18-70/4286
Display Title Cassowary feather dance and battle whisk (sue lake)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Feather whisk, black plumes, buff fur band, brown and yellow fiber loop handle
Classification
  • Whisk
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Dimensions Overall: 80 x 19 x 7 cm (31 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4286

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