Item X 50825 Mineral sample. Milingimbi, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. pre 1929

Summary

A parcel of iron oxide pigment, red ochre, wrapped in paperbark and overwound and tied with vegetable fibre string. It is bundled ready for trading.

Physical Description

A parcel of natural pigment (red ochre) enclosed in a sheet of paperbark wrapped with vegetable fibre string.

Significance

This is a rare and early example of a trade parcel of red ochre from eastern Arnhem Land.