Ornament, head, Melville Island, North, Northern Territory, Australia, pre 1934

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Item X 41999 Kurupurraka | Ornament, head. Tiwi. Melville Island, North, Northern Territory, Australia. pre 1934

Local Name

Kurupurraka

Physical Description

An ornament made of cassowary feathers stitched with vegetable fibre forming a band.

More Information

Object/Medium

Ornament, head
Maker

Unknown
Cultural Groups

Tiwi
Locality

Melville Island, North, Northern Territory, Australia
Date Produced

pre 1934
Date Collected

pre 1934
Object Measurements

440 mm (Length), 190 mm (Width), 40 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Celebrating culture
Date Made

about 1930s
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Tiwi
Place Made

Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia
Indigenous Region

North, Australia
Keywords

Material Culture
Collection Names

A.L. Blannin 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 41999 Kurupurraka | Ornament, head. Tiwi. Melville Island, North, Northern Territory, Australia. pre 1934

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Place Made

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