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Jackdaw Feather

primary Unknown

Date1891

MediumFeather

Dimensions10 x 4 cm (3 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

ClassificationsMaterials

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.010042

eMuseum ID729719

Other NumberARC.002245.x

TMS Source ID27592

Last Updated8/14/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

ProvenanceNotesEnclosed in a letter from Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1858-1908), traveler in Africa, to Isabella Stewart Gardner from Mallow Castle, County Cork, Ireland on 20 September 1891. (ARC.002245)