- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Feather coronet. [El.B 27/11/2008]
- Long description
- The feathers are mainly yellow with a green or red tinge, with some red and black ones (perhaps dyed), bound with string to a cane ring. [El.B 27/11/2008]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 08/1923
- Date collected
- By August 1923
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1936
- Materials and processes
- Material Bird Feather, Material String, Material Cane Plant, Process Bound, Process Dyed
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 220 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1936.23.6
Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Head Ornament, Headdress
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