Woven Body Armor
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Apr 1927
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Matthew W. Stirling
notes: label: Notes
content: Three bird carcasses are attached to the front of the armor and red feathers run along the top and back. In September 2003 these were identified by Carla Dove, Bird Division, NMNH Vertebrate Zoology Department. Starting from left to right (observer's point of view): 1) The red feathers are from the Vulturine Parrot (Psittrichas flugidus). 2) The bird on the far left with blue and red feathers is the Blue Breasted Pitta (Pitta erythrogaster). 3)The smallest bird in the middle with brownish and yellowish feathers is the Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus). 4) The largest bird on the far right with white feathers and a green throat is the Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor). This one is particularly interesting because it is an immature male and unique to NMNH collections.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rouffaer River (Upper), Irian Jaya (Western New Guinea/Papua), Indonesia, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Pygmy Negrito
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 087036
label: USNM Number
content: E338714-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armor