Summary
This item is one worn by young women in the northeastern parts of the Northern Territory including eastern Arnhem Land. The bound section is worn at the back while the two hanks are crossed over the chest at the front.
Physical Description
A multistrand ornament made of lengths of vegetable fibre string overwound in the centre with the same string.
More Information
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Object/Medium
Ornament, chest
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Object Measurements
435 mm (Length), 100 mm (Width), 35 mm (Height)
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Acquisition Information
Presented from Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer & Francis James Gillen
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands