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Ceremonial objects
Object Number 30-54-70/D3470.1
Display Title Ceremonial objects
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, strands of twisted fiber, bound with cotton, painted wood ornament
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Additional Geographic Terms Arnhem Land, Northeast
Materials Plant fiber, Cotton, Dye, Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 113.5 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm (44 11/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3470
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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