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Feather head ornament
Object Number 06-13-70/66291
Display Title Feather head ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress, standing cut brown feathers on fiber band with ties
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Materials Feather, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 17 x 3 cm (7 7/8 x 6 11/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66291

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