Ornament, head

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Item X 37715 Ornament, head. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1930

Summary

The ornament is inserted into the hair and worn in ceremony.

Physical Description

An ornament made of emu feathers set in resin, most likely beeswax, attached to a stingray spine.

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Object/Medium

Ornament, head
Maker

Unknown
Locality

Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

c.1930
Collector

Reverend Thomas T. Webb
Date Collected

1926 - 1930
Object Measurements

335 mm (Length), 320 mm (Width), 35 mm (Height)
Keywords

Body Decoration
Collection Names

Rev T.T. Webb 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 37715 Ornament, head. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1930

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Date Produced

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Date Collected

Object Measurements

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Type of item

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