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Object Number
2004.24.17279
Display Title
Female dog Totem, hair belt with two shell pendant, figure head for canoe
Descriptions
Object Description
Female dog Totem (d/3418). Hair belt with 2 shell pendants (D/24110 Hair belt with shell pendant (D/2413) Figure head for canoe (72613) Australia. NE arnhem Land. (D/3418) NW Australia: Sunday Island, Kind Sound. (D/2411; D2413) New Guinea: Humbolt Bay (72613). Taken by F.P. Orchard, November, 1944.
Subject
- Shell
- Hair
- belt
- Totem
- Female
- Pendant
- Figure
- Canoe
- Head
- Dog
Department
Photographic
Date
1944
Artist
Frederick P. Orchard
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Northern Territory
/
Arnhem Land
Additional Geographic Terms
North Territory
Materials
Negative, nitrate
Dimensions
Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)
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