- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bird feather split along the shaft and with intermittent parts of the vanes cut out. [El.B 09/12/2008]
- Geographical reference
- 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 Feather, Process Notched
- Dimensions
- Length: max 240 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1979.21.24
Search terms: Animalia, Specimen, Ritual and Ceremonial, Dance, Status, Ornament, Bird Part
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