- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Hornbill feather with the vane drawn out to an angle.
- Long description
- Three feathers [1923.85.261.1-.3] are mounted together in a frame.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Ao Naga
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1924
- Date collected
- ?By 1924
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1924, uncertain
- Materials and processes
- Material Bird Feather
- Dimensions
- Length: max 445 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.85.261.2
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