Large number of black and brown hornbill feathers strung together in a length. Length has been rolled up and tied in a bundle with a piece of brown bamboo. [CK 12 08 1997]

Collection type: Object
Description: Large number of black and brown hornbill feathers strung together in a length. Length has been rolled up and tied in a bundle with a piece of brown bamboo. [CK 12 08 1997]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; New Britain Bismarck Archipelago South-west Coast Kandrian (Moewehafen) Yaloblo Village
Cultural groups: Arawe
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 08/1937
Date collected: 9 July 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Bird Feather, Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Material Bamboo Plant, Process Strung, Process Tied, Process Bound
Dimensions: Width 65 mm of bundle, Length 270 mm of bundle
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.1273 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1205

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