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Technique and Dimensions:
Feathers (in 3 overlapping layers: hawk, eagle and owl), "false silver" - German silver, porcupine tail, porcupine spines (flattened by teeth or nails, dyed and sewn)
Location:
C.A. 488
Provenance:
Donation of Missioni Cattoliche Americane, 1893
Ornament for the head (it was applied to the hair on the nape of the most valiant warriors)
