Summary
This headband is worn by women and boys for ceremony. The string was spun from the inner bark of the Kurrajong (Brachychiton paradoxum).
Local Name
Bunarr
Physical Description
A headband of multiple strands of vegetable fibre string overwound with unspun fibre to join the ends and form a circle.
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Ornament, head
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Object Measurements
290 mm (Length), 130 mm (Width), 15 mm (Height)
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Indigenous Region
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands