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Object Number
23-46-70/D1742.3
Display Title
Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendant, shell disk, black linear designs, perforated, twisted hair cordage tie
Classification
- Pendant
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Additional Geographic Terms
Australia, Northwest
Materials
Shell, Hair, Hide, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 9.9 x 9.6 x 1 cm (3 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D1742.3
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1923
Provenance
Collector
E. Clement
(1922 - 1923)
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/D1742.2 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
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Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1742.1 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1745 | Hair pads, birra-birra |
Accessory
Shaft, modified |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1745.1 | Hair pads, birra-birra |
Shaft, modified
Cords |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2413 | Hair belt, shell pendant and fur string |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Sunday Island
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2412 | Hair belt, shell pendant and fur tassel |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Sunday Island
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4003 | Hair belt and part of shell cover and 1 bull roarer |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Western Australia
Wyndham | |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D3995 | Pearl shell on hair-string girdle |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Forrest River Mission
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D3986 | Shell cover and shell belt |
Pendant
Shaft, modified |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2411 | Hair belt and 2 pearl shell pendants |
Shaft, modified
Belt |
Sunday Island
Western Australia | |
| 2004.24.17279 | Female dog Totem, hair belt with two shell pendant, figure head for canoe |
Arnhem Land
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Media Restricted
| 99-12-70/53586 | Neck ornament of braided human hair with shell pendant |
Necklace
Shaft, modified |
Marquesas Islands
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