- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ostrich feather and hide headdress.
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1978
- Date collected
- By 1978
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1978
- Materials and processes
- Material Ostrich Feather Bird, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Diameter 240 mm approx, Width: max 130 mm approx
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1978.20.111 Other numbers: JB82
Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Headdress, Headgear, Head Ornament
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