Ornament, neck, Australia, Kimberley

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Item X 98526 Ornament, neck. Bardi. Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia

Physical Description

Pendant made from pearl shell. One surface has been decorated with an incised concentric pattern which has been infilled with red ochre. One end has a hole drilled into it and a length of human hair string has been attached.

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Object/Medium

Ornament, neck
Maker

Unrecorded
Cultural Groups

Bardi
Locality

Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
Object Measurements

500 mm (Length), 111 mm (Width), 30 mm (Height)
Agent

Mr Robert Edwards - Museum of Victoria, 1970
Bob Edwards was the agent for the Christensen Fund in the 1970s and purchased significant examples of Aboriginal artefacts from auctions and private collections in Australia and overseas.
Collection Names

The Christensen Fund Collection, Henry Krips Collection
Type of item

Object
Discipline

Anthropology
Category

First Peoples
Collecting Areas

Central and Western and South Australian Ethnographic

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