- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Hair ornament, a tapering wooden stick covered with red feathers, with bands of white at intervals along its length. [SM 12/06/2008]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1955
- Date collected
- By 1955
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1955
- Materials and processes
- Material Bird Feather, Material Wood Plant, Process Covered, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 6 mm, Length: max 285 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1955.5.7B
Search terms: Ornament, Hair Ornament
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