- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Head ornament of cassowary feathers bound with string. [El.B 30/05/2008]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1904
- Date collected
- Before 1904
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1904
- Materials and processes
- Material Cassowary Feather Bird, Material String, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Length: max 260 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1904.60.119
Search terms: Ornament, Head Ornament
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