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Object Number
99-12-70/53784
Display Title
Bunch of emu feathers
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bundle of black plumes wrapped with vegetable fiber, loop at end
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Materials
Feather, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 14 x 1.5 cm (13 x 5 1/2 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53784 / poison
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-1-70/52213 | Headdress of emu feathers |
Headdress
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 23-46-70/D1747.1 | Guarru of emu feathers |
Ornament
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 37-32-50/2436 | Bunch of kunduk feathers worn on top of head - part of the outfit of the mvet pl |
Headband
|
Cameroon
| |
| 23-46-70/D1747.2 | Guarru of emu feathers |
Ornament
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 39-17-70/1222 | Bird of paradise and cock's feathers made into head ornament for + |
Ornament
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 03-33-30/62680 | Skirt of emu feathers |
Skirt
|
Lengua
| |
| 03-33-30/62679 | Skirt of emu feathers |
Shirt
|
Lengua
| |
| 03-33-30/62678 | Skirt of emu feathers |
Skirt
|
Lengua
| |
| 62-7-70/4045 | Feather whisk (?) (sue' lare') - black-brown feathers, yellow braid around handl |
Whisk
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 62-7-70/4049 | Feather whisk (?) (sue' lare') - black-brown feathers; white fur band; yellow & |
Whisk
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 39-17-70/1231 | Hawk feathers attached to feathers which are probably from black cockatoo |
Ornament
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 23-46-70/D1748.3 | Murrindi, emu feather ornament |
Ornament
|
Western Australia
Kimberley |