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Head of horn bill = ganao bird
Object Number 08-36-70/74427
Display Title Head of horn bill = ganao bird
Descriptions
Inventory Description Faunal, bird skull and beak, reddish orange beak with crest at top, skull tied with twisted plant fiber cordage
Classification
  • Faunal
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ifugao
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Eastern Lepanto
Oceania / Philippines / Luzon / Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Materials Bird bone , Bird beak , Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 22 × 9.1 × 5.7 cm (8 11/16 × 3 9/16 × 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 74427

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Head of horn bill = ganao bird
08-36-70/74427.1 Head of horn bill = ganao bird
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