- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Small bunch of red and white feathers bound together in the middle with hair or fur string.
- Long description
- 1902.49.16, 17, 18 and 19 are all together in a glass-fronted frame.
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1902
- Date collected
- By 1902
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 08/11/1902
- Materials and processes
- Material Bird Feather, Material Hair, Material Animal Hair, Material String, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Length: max 233 mm frame
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1902.49.18
Search terms: Ornament, Head Ornament
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