Bag Of Ancient Maori Feather Work
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Dec 1913
name: label: Donor Name
content: Frederic B. Hyde
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: Made from the feathers of the kiwi, the wingless bird of New Zealand. Body of bag made from New Zealand Flax. Typical of ancient Maori featherwork."
label: Notes
content: In a memo Hyde states that the bag "was given me by a Maori girl of eleven years, who said it had belonged to her grandfather." Hyde also says that the bag was "made from the feathers of the kiwi, the wingless bird of New Zealand." (See accession file.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 056227
label: USNM Number
content: E281085-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bag
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.2 cm