Context (Display)
Copper wire at base of plume removed, indicating previous display history prior to 1990 redisplays, R. Hand 21/03/2025
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A bunch of cockatoo feathers attached to a wooden pin (Head ornament)
Event Date 1892
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card E 1892.28 reads [handwritten in black ink:] ‘D. E.C. Stirling, M.D. R.1892.47, (15).’; [later addition handwritten in black ballpoint:] ‘appendix III’. Red circular sticker lower right corner of catalogue card.
Event Date 5/11/2012
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card E 1892.28 reads [handwritten in black ink:] ‘E. Australia. Port Essington. 1892.28. Head ornament.’; [later addition handwritten in black ballpoint:] ‘Bunch of white cockatoos feathers on a wooden pin.’; [later addition handwritten in black ink:] ‘N. Territory.’; [later addition handwritten in blue ballpoint:] ‘?For use at corroboree’.
Event Date 5/11/2012
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Because E 1892.28 is stated as being this Australian feathered ornament (see context note above), the 'E' prefix has been added to this record. The 'E' prefix now differentiates the two 1892.28 records (see also 1892.28, Burmese whistle).
Event Date 16/1/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Head ornament of a bunch of yellow and white cockatoo feathers attached to a wooden pin with a cloth tie. Ochre on surface.
Event Date 24/3/2025
Author: Rachel Hand