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Item DT 1058 Ngorre kandji | Ornament, head. Murungun. Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. 1942

Local Name

Ngorre kandji

Physical Description

A Jabiru beak set in beeswax with multiple strands of vegetable fibre string attached.

More Information

Object/Medium

Ornament, head
Maker

Unknown
Cultural Groups

Murungun
Locality

Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

1942
Collector

Donald F. Thomson
Date Collected

/09/1942
Object Measurements

470 mm (Length), 90 mm (Width), 50 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Celebrating culture
Date Made

1942
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Djinang
Place Made

Northern Territory, Australia
Indigenous Region

Arnhem, Australia
Keywords

Ceremony
Acquisition Information

Long-term Loan from The University of Melbourne, 28 Mar 1973
Collection Names

Donald Thomson Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Acknowledgement

The Donald Thomson Collection. On loan to Museum Victoria from The University of Melbourne.

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Item DT 1058 Ngorre kandji | Ornament, head. Murungun. Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. 1942

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