Reed neck ornament

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Item X 84452 Tarr-goorn | Ornament, neck. Victoria, Australia. pre 1839

Local Name

Tarr-goorn

Physical Description

Multistrand grass stem necklace, strung on vegetable fibre string. 162 hollow reed segments which vary in length. About one one quarter of the reed segments are decorated with shallow incised parallel cuts, generally on two sides of each decorated segment. The ends of string are tied together in a knot.

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Object/Medium

Ornament, neck
Maker

Unknown
Locality

Victoria, Australia
Date Produced

pre 1839
Collector

George A. Robinson
Object Measurements

315 mm (Length), 265 mm (Width), 40 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Celebrating culture
Date Made

1839
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Boonwurrung
Place Made

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Indigenous Region

Southeast, Australia
Keywords

Body Decoration, Material Culture
Collection Names

George Augustus Robinson Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Australian Indigenous - South-eastern Australia

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Item X 84452 Tarr-goorn | Ornament, neck. Victoria, Australia. pre 1839

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Date Made

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Place Made

Indigenous Region

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Type of item

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