Tail Feathers
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jul 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Marie-Helene Sachet
label: Donor Name
content: Muriel W. Sterne
notes: label: Notes
content: WHITE FEATHER W/ BLACK INTERIOR. BROAD AT QUILL BASE TAPERS FORWARD TIL VERY NARROW TIP. ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY THESE FEATHERS ARE TAIL FEATHERS FROM A TROPIC BIRD AND ARE USED THROUGHOUT POLYNESIA FOR DECORATION. THEY ARE UNPROCESSED RAW MATERIAL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420729
label: USNM Number
content: E428743-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Feather
physicalDescription: label: Length - Feather (1 Of 4)
content: 42 cm
label: Width - Feather (1 Of 4)
content: 1.5 cm
label: Height - Feather (1 Of 4)
content: 0.4 cm
label: Length - Feather (4 Of 4)
content: 43 cm
label: Width - Feather (4 Of 4)
content: 1.5 cm
label: Height - Feather (4 Of 4)
content: 0.4 cm
label: Length - Feather (3 Of 4)
content: 48 cm
label: Width - Feather (3 Of 4)
content: 2 cm
label: Height - Feather (3 Of 4)
content: 0.4 cm
label: Length - Feather (2 Of 4)
content: 49 cm
label: Width - Feather (2 Of 4)
content: 3.5 cm
label: Height - Feather (2 Of 4)
content: 0.4 cm