"Ornament, waist"

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Item X 86560 Ornament, waist. Aurukun, West Cape York, Queensland, Australia. c.1980

Summary

This is worn by women around the waist.

Physical Description

A waist band made from four lengths of knotted vegetable fibre string. Joined at either end are lumps of resin decorated with red abrus seeds.

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Object/Medium

Ornament, waist
Maker

Unknown
Locality

Aurukun, West Cape York, Queensland, Australia
Date Produced

c.1980
Object Measurements

540 mm (Length), 40 mm (Width), 20 mm (Height)
Keywords

Body Decoration
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 86560 Ornament, waist. Aurukun, West Cape York, Queensland, Australia. c.1980

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Date Produced

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