- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bird's wing with white/brown speckled feathers, attached to a cane stick. [El.B 09/12/2008]
- Geographical reference
- Southern Highlands District Was River Valley
- Cultural groups
- Wola
- Person
- Field collector Paul Sillitoe
- PRM source Trustees of the British Museum
- PRM source British Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1978
- Date collected
- 1976 - 1978
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1979
- Materials and processes
- Material Bird Part, Material Cane Plant
- Dimensions
- Length: max 400 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1979.21.19
Search terms: Specimen, Animalia, Ornament, Ritual and Ceremonial, Status, Dance, Bird Part
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