Comparative scale / case / thermometer

Piece of quill, from the body of a man found at Gunnister in Northmavine, Shetland, late 17th century or later

Oval-shaped hat of a peacock bust with feathers in greens, blues and purples, with a head with beak and an artificial eye at one side: possibly British, c.1910

Face mask made of leather, roughly oval, worn with a wig by Alexander Peden, a covenanting minister, c. 1670s - 1680s

One of eighteen golf-balls made of buffalo hide filled with feathers, in use before those made of gutta-percha

Ceremonial arrow (heper ay), notched shaft with feather flight, blunt wooden tip carved with abstract designs, used in the bear ceremony (iyomante): Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Ceremonial arrow (heper ay), notched shaft with feather flight, blunt wooden tip carved with abstract designs, used in the bear ceremony (iyomante): Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Arrow, reed shaft, metal point and feather flights, used for hunting: Japan, Hokkaido, Ainu, 19th to early 20th century

Helmet of plaited cane painted with vertical yellow and red stripes, with thick goat's hair tuft, and four grey feathers at centre top, worn by old men on ceremonial occasions: Assam, Ao Naga

Hair ornament made of blue kingfisher feathers in the form of a bar with three floral groups, with a large butterfly or bat at either end, one of seven: China, Fuzhou, 19th century

Hammock decorated along the outer edges with colourful feathers arranged to depict geometric flowers and the imperial arms of the Empire of Brazil with emperor's crown above and coffee and tobacco branches below, given by Lieutenant Tell Jose Ferrao to the Commander of the S.S. Mallard: South America, Brazil, probably Rio Negro region

Figurine or doll made of wood and basketry with embroidered face and covered with various textiles: South America, Peru, Central Coast culture, 11th century

Feathered panel depicting nine stylised birds, possibly condors, on alternating brown and yellow backgrounds, with an interlocking wave pattern in brown, yellow, red and blue along the lower edge: South America, Peru, Valley of Lima, Montericco, possibly Ica

Hair ornament, with horse tail, of dyed porcupine quillwork and feathers, worn in the war dance: North America, USA, possibly Lakota (Sioux), mid - late 19th century

Peyote fan, with cylindrical handle covered with coloured beadwork, with silver cross and red bead attached, and head of trimmed feathers: North America, USA, Northern or Southern Plains, early 20th century

Calumet or pipe stem, of wood, decorated with feather and quillwork: North America, USA, from the Upper Missouri River, Arikara, 1859

Katsina doll, Angwusnasomtaqa, Crow Mother, of wood, painted pale blue, white, yellow and red, with head ornament of a feather: North America, USA, Arizona, Hopi, late 19th - early 20th century