Headdress, Australia, Gulf

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Item X 97005 Wadaburr | Headdress. Mornington Island, Gulf, Queensland, Australia

Local Name

Wadaburr

Physical Description

An oval headdress made of human hair string wound around a framework of bark. The front is painted with three vertical stripes in natural pigments of red ochre and white pipe clay. Three feathered tassels secured with vegetable fibre string are attached to the top above the painted section.

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Object/Medium

Headdress
Maker

Unknown
Locality

Mornington Island, Gulf, Queensland, Australia
Object Measurements

300 mm (Length), 250 mm (Width), 350 mm (Height)
Classification

Bunjilaka, Many nations, Celebrating culture
Date Made
Maker

Not Recorded
Clan/Language Group

Lardil
Place Made

Mornington Island, Queensland, Australia
Indigenous Region

Gulf, Australia
Keywords

Ceremony
Collection Names

The Christensen Fund Collection, Henry Krips 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 97005 Wadaburr | Headdress. Mornington Island, Gulf, Queensland, Australia

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