Summary
This garment is known as dhirri thirri and was primarily worn by men. This traditional form was replaced by a cloth, generally referred to as a narga but also as dhirri thirri, when the missions were established across Arnhem Land in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Local Name
dhirri-thiri
Physical Description
A garment made from fibre of the Kurrajong bound at the top with vegetable fibre string that is painted with natural pigments. A single strand of vegetable fibre string is threaded through the set of four openings that form the band.
More Information
-
Object/Medium
Ornament, waist
-
Maker
-
Locality
Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
-
Date Produced
-
Collector
-
Date Collected
-
Object Measurements
260 mm (Length), 180 mm (Width), 55 mm (Height)
-
Classification
-
Date Made
-
Maker
-
Clan/Language Group
-
Place Made
-
Indigenous Region
-
Keywords
-
Collection Names
-
Type of item
-
Discipline
-
Category
-
Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands