Ornament, neck, Australia, Eastern Arnhem Land

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Item X 9755 Ornament, neck. Marra. McArthur River, Gulf, Northern Territory, Australia. 1902

Summary

This neck ornament is decorated with the pink feathers of either the gala, a rose-breasted cockatoo (Cacatua roseicapilla), spun into the string.

Physical Description

A necklace made of multiple strands of feathered string attached at either end to a length of vegetable fibre string that is doubled over and knotted at the end.

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Object/Medium

Ornament, neck
Maker

Unknown
Cultural Groups

Marra
Locality

McArthur River, Gulf, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

1902
Collector

Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer & Francis James Gillen
Date Collected

1901 - 1902
Object Measurements

495 mm (Length), 130 mm (Width), 45 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Celebrating culture
Date Made

1901
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Mara
Place Made

McArthur River, Northern Territory, Australia
Indigenous Region

Arnhem, Australia
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 9755 Ornament, neck. Marra. McArthur River, Gulf, Northern Territory, Australia. 1902

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