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Plume (for head), head ornament made of the tail feathers of the Tropic bird (white with black stalk) their lower ends are covered with a rush or bast, the upper part of which is covered with small red feathers with a tuft of small yellow feathers on each side. It is bound with a plait of black human hair.
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