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1923.88.337

Yellow and red feathers tied to a string. [El.B 21/01/2009]

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1923.88.337

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Collection type
Object
Description
Yellow and red feathers tied to a string. [El.B 21/01/2009]
Cultural groups
Achuar
Shiwiar
Person
Field collector Ronald Hawkesby Thomas
PRM source Ronald Hawkesby Thomas
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
By 1923
Acquisition information
Donated: 1923
Materials and processes
Material Bird Feather, Material String, Process Tied
Dimensions
Length: max 620 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.88.337
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Letter from Ronald Hawksby Thomas to Henry Balfour, dated 6 November, 1922, giving the route of his journey through 'the Alio [?sic], Maranon, Santiago and Morona rivers and that area'. List of 'Curios to Oxford' (2 pages), and notes on 'The Indian Tribes of the Northern Oriental Region of Peru' [signed R. H. Thomas, 10.11.22] and list of 'Huambisa or Aguaruna Vocabulary (9 pages). [GI 20/11/2001].

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