Item X 101154 Ornament, neck. Burarra. Maningrida, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. 2003

Summary

A single strand necklace with a double strand insert of seeds and shells threaded on nylon fishing line.

Physical Description

A single strand necklace with a double strand insert of seeds and shells threaded on nylon. The upper part is a single strand with a repeated pattern of two grey/green seeds followed by a single white (tusk) shell. The lower section has an alternate pattern of two strands of red bead tree seeds followed by two strands of tusk shells, the pattern made of red seeds with alternating single seed and set of four.