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Item DT 1598 Djabarr or Tabar | Spindle, Mineral sample. Djinba. Arafura Swamp, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. 1937

Summary

The making of string from possum fur was a highly specialised skill and achieved with the use of a spindle. The only person in Arnhem Land that the anthropologist Donald Thomson recorded making possum fur was Makani Wilingarr. However this kit does not appear to have been collected from him but a specialist from the Djinba clan.

Local Name

Djabarr or Tabar

Physical Description

A set of equipment, two sticks, for the preparation of possum fur for spinning into string, a set of firesticks, a sample of pigment and a piece of paperbark.

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Object/Medium

Spindle, Mineral sample
Maker

Unknown
Cultural Groups

Djinba
Locality

Arafura Swamp, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

1937
Collector

Donald F. Thomson
Date Collected

08/04/1937
Object Measurements

380 mm (Length), 60 mm (Width), 40 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Working country
Date Made

1937
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Djinba^
Place Made

Arafura Swamp, Northern Territory, Australia
Indigenous Region

Arnhem, Australia
Keywords

Technology, Tool
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 1598 Djabarr or Tabar | Spindle, Mineral sample. Djinba. Arafura Swamp, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. 1937

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