Neck ornament

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Item X 40634 Ornament, neck. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1930

Physical Description

A two strand necklace made of shark vertebrae threaded onto vegetable fibre string. Human hair string is attached at one end.

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Object/Medium

Ornament, neck
Maker

Unknown
Locality

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

c.1930
Collector

Reverend Thomas T. Webb
Date Collected

1926 - 1932
Object Measurements

275 mm (Length), 60 mm (Width), 5 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 40634 Ornament, neck. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. c.1930

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