Item X 101178 Ornament, neck. Burarra. Maningrida, Central Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. 2003

Summary

A single strand necklace of shell and shark vertebrae threaded on nylon fishing line.

Physical Description

A single strand necklace of shell and shark vertebrae threaded on nylon. It has a repeated pattern of two peaked fan shells placed base to base, two white tubular shells joined, a grouping of conical various coloured shells in eight shells in three rows, two tubular shells joined followed by a round off white bone disk. The pattern is repeated for length of necklace with an inserted larger conical shell at the midpoint.