Neck ornament

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Item X 9354 Ornament, neck. McArthur River, Gulf, Northern Territory, Australia. 1901

Summary

This necklace is made of vegetable fibre string that is loosely overwound with the same string. The incisors of kangaroo or wallaby embedded in resin are attached to the band and were most likely worn to the front.

Physical Description

A necklace made of kangaroo incisors embedded in wax or resin attached to a cord of multiple vegetable fibre strings. A number of the incisors are no longer attached to the cord.

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Object/Medium

Ornament, neck
Maker

Unknown
Locality

McArthur River, Gulf, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

1901
Collector

Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer & Francis James Gillen
Date Collected

1901 - 1902
Object Measurements

310 mm (Length), 140 mm (Width), 30 mm (Height)
Keywords

Body Decoration
Acquisition Information

Presented from Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer & Francis James Gillen
Collection Names

Spencer and Gillen Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands

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Item X 9354 Ornament, neck. McArthur River, Gulf, Northern Territory, Australia. 1901

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