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Item X 10729 Ornament, neck. Kaytetye. Barrow Creek, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia. 1900

Summary

The necklace is made of bat-winged coral seeds, which continue to be popular with women in the arid regions of the Northern Territory for making necklaces. The seeds are pierced through the centre and threaded onto vegetable fibre string and tied to form the necklace. Women wore these in the past but are mainly made today for the market.

Physical Description

A single strand necklace made of bat-winged coral seeds (Erythina vespertilio).

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Object/Medium

Ornament, neck
Maker

Unknown
Cultural Groups

Kaytetye
Locality

Barrow Creek, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

1900
Collector

Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer & Francis James Gillen
Date Collected

/06/1901 - /07/1901
Object Measurements

250 mm (Length), 150 mm (Width), 30 mm (Height)
Keywords

Body Decoration
Collection Names

Spencer and Gillen Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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Item X 10729 Ornament, neck. Kaytetye. Barrow Creek, Desert East, Northern Territory, Australia. 1900

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