Summary
The origins of the shell attached to this skirt is the sea, and so it was probably traded to Rembarrnga people as their country inland from the Arnhem Land coastline.
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Mutpul
Physical Description
A skirt made of human hair string overstitched to the hair string waistband. A section of nautilus shell is attached with a length of hair string.
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Pubic cover
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Object Measurements
265 mm (Length), 190 mm (Width), 55 mm (Height)
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Indigenous Region
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Acquisition Information
Long-term Loan from The University of Melbourne, 28 Mar 1973
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Acknowledgement
The Donald Thomson Collection. On loan to Museum Victoria from The University of Melbourne.