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1964.8.49.2B

Part of a headdress, white feathers tied into a band with cotton string and string of twisted plant fibre. [El.B 05/12/2008]

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1964.8.49.2B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Part of a headdress, white feathers tied into a band with cotton string and string of twisted plant fibre. [El.B 05/12/2008]
Cultural groups
Trio; Tiriyó
Person
Field collector Peter Gerard Rivière
PRM source Peter Gerard Rivière
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1964
Date collected
1963 - 1964
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1964
Materials and processes
Material Bird Feather, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Bound, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Width: max 540 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1964.8.49.2B
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Provided by Peter Rivière in July 2004, a photocopy of the catalogue written by Rivière in 1964 listing each of the 1964.8. objects donated to the Museum and from which the accession book entry was directly transcribed by Museum staff with some additional descriptions of the objects added [JP 17/7/2004]

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