This is a set of seven feathers from the extinct upland moa ('Megalapteryx didinus'). They were collected by R A Falla in 1947, when he was the director of the Dominion Museum (forerunner to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) in Wellington. He probably collected them from a cave in Takahe Valley in Fiordland National Park in the south of the South Island. The larger feathers measure approximately 12 cm x 1.5 cm.
Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |
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Creator | Unidentified |
Identifiers | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa number B.017526
TLF resource R2470 |
Source | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, http://www.tepapa.govt.nz |