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Object Number
23-46-70/D1740.1
Display Title
Mourning necklace, wailoo or waileroo
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, bundle of hair and fiber wrapped with red fiber and cotton strips
Classification
- Necklace
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Materials
Hair, Plant fiber, Cotton, Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 196 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm (77 3/16 × 1/4 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D1740.1
Provenance
Collector
E. Clement
(1922)
Seller
Unknown
(2/26/1923)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1740.2 | Mourning necklace, wailoo or waileroo |
Shaft, modified
Necklace |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
| 08-36-70/74361 | 2 pair reed mourning ear pendants and 1 reed necklace |
Necklace
|
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Eastern Lepanto | |
| 16-55-70/D621 | Necklace |
Necklace
|
Mindanao
| |
| 13-24-60/D2147 | Man's necklaces |
Necklace
|
Assam
| |
| 16-55-70/D620 | Necklace |
Necklace
|
Mindanao
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60197 | Crow medicine necklace. Pendant w/ beads, hair, shell, fur, & feather; 2 claws |
Shaft, modified
Necklace |
United States
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1743.1 | Human hair necklace, djuba |
Necklace
Shaft, modified |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
| 30-54-70/D3440 | Necklaces, bugle grass beads |
Necklace
|
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
| 98-3-50/51351 | Diviner's necklace |
Necklace
|
Congo
| |
| 32-66-70/D3927.2 | Necklace, multicolor glass bead strands, metal bells, animal hair pendant |
Necklace
|
Mindanao
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/60200 | Crow medicine necklace. Cloth with human hair and quills, horsehair, fringed bag |
Shaft, modified
Necklace |
Montana?
| |
| 16-55-70/D646.1 | Necklace |
Necklace
|
Mindanao
|