hood;
hunting equipment
- Museum number
- Eu1972,Q.2329
- Description
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Falcon hood, leather with tooled decoration, made of three pieces stitched together and threaded with leather straps at back which can be pulled to tighten. At the top a plume of feathers with green wool pompom.
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 10.50 centimetres (with plume)
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Weight: 16 grammes
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Width: 6.50 centimetres
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Depth: 6 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Attached is a small paper label with 'European hood Barbary falcon' in a 19th-century hand.
The Barbary falcon is smaller than the Peregrine falcon (see Eu1972,Q.2516).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- Acquisition details unknown.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- Eu1972,Q.2329