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Object Number
64-18-70/4287
Display Title
Cassowary feather whisk (sue lake) for battle and dance
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Feather whisk, black plumes, band of buff fur, yellow fiber wrapped loop handle
Classification
- Whisk
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials
Feather, Vegetable fiber, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 82.3 x 28 x 9.3 cm (32 3/8 x 11 x 3 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
64-18-70/4287
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