Arrernte belt, Central Australia.

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Item X 98951 Belt. Arrernte. Desert Central, Northern Territory, Australia

Physical Description

Band of human hair made from many strands of spun human hair string; knotted at one end; other end has numerous bandicoot tails attached.

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Object/Medium

Belt
Maker

Unknown
Cultural Groups

Arrernte
Locality

Desert Central, Northern Territory, Australia
Object Measurements

485 mm (Length), 185 mm (Width), 70 mm (Height)
Agent

Mr Robert Edwards - Museum of Victoria, 1970
Bob Edwards was engaged by The Christensen Fund to collect Aboriginal material for its collection. These were purchased at auction and from 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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