Ornament, unidentified, Australia, Kimberley

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Item X 38585 Alpita | Ornament, unidentified. Wunambal. Alligator Creek, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia. pre 1931

Local Name

Alpita

Physical Description

Ornament made of human hair string with tassels of tips of tails of rabbit bandicoot.

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Object/Medium

Ornament, unidentified
Maker

Unrecorded
Cultural Groups

Wunambal
Locality

Alligator Creek, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
Date Produced

pre 1931
Collector

Unknown
Date Collected

pre 1931
Object Measurements

240 mm (Length), 205 mm (Width), 35 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Celebrating culture
Date Made

about 1930
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Not Recorded
Place Made

Alligator Creek, Western Australia, Australia
Indigenous Region

Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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Item X 38585 Alpita | Ornament, unidentified. Wunambal. Alligator Creek, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia. pre 1931

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