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Object Number
00-8-70/55490
Display Title
Feather ornaments for dance
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, brown feather extensions attached to plant fiber cordage
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Maloelap Atoll
Materials
Feather, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 51 x 32 x 7 cm (20 1/16 x 12 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
55490
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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