Summary
This rattle is made of mendung, the Yolngu term for land or ground snails. It can be hand held and used as a rattle during dancing in ceremonies, and the same form is also used to tie around a dog's neck during hunting at night so that it can be located.
Local Name
Mendung darrtarrai yun-amirri
Physical Description
A single strand of vegetable fibre string threaded with the shells of land snails.
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Rattle
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255 mm (Length), 125 mm (Width), 80 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.