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Object Number 64-18-70/4445
Display Title Feathered back frame for dance and battle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Oval cane frame, cane bent and tied with fiber cordage, attached white and brown feather extensions, feathers arranged in layers on eight fiber cross-pieces
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
Dimensions Overall: 60 × 15 × 3.5 cm (23 5/8 × 5 7/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4445

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