Ornament, neck

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Item X 9358 Ornament, waist. McArthur River, Gulf, Northern Territory, Australia. 1901

Summary

This type of skirt was worn suspended from the waist by both men and women in the northeastern region of the Northern Territory.

Physical Description

A covering made of multiple lengths of animal fur string attached to a single cord. The cord consists of vegetable fibre string overwound with the same string.

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Object/Medium

Ornament, waist
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

350 mm (Length), 199 mm (Width), 40 mm (Height)
Keywords

Clothing
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 9358 Ornament, waist. McArthur River, Gulf, Northern Territory, Australia. 1901

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