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Back ornament with feathers and beak attached
Back ornament with feathers and beak attached
Object Number 64-18-70/4283
Display Title Back ornament with feathers and beak attached
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, reed ring with four strands of hanging feathers and bird beaks
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Reed, Feather, Bird beak, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 13.3 x 13 x 11.2 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4283

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