Summary
This multistrand string ornament was worn around the neck or placed around the head.
Physical Description
A necklace made of multiple strands of vegetable fibre string. It is secured in three places with resin and overwound at the top with more string coated in white pigment.
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Object/Medium
Ornament, neck
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Object Measurements
365 mm (Length), 60 mm (Width), 20 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