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.
More Information
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Object/Medium
Ornament, neck
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Date Collected
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Object Measurements
310 mm (Length), 140 mm (Width), 30 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