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Object Number
23-46-70/D1732.1
Display Title
Cordage made from spinifex fiber
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Cord, twisted plant fiber, wrapped into ball
Classification
- Cords
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Materials
Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 6.2 x 6.9 x 6.4 cm (2 7/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D1732.1
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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| 23-46-70/D1732.2 | Cordage made from spinifex fiber |
Cords
|
Kimberley
| |
| 2004.1.639 | Cordage, twisted plant fiber wrapped around wooden bobbin |
Cords
| ||
Media Restricted
| 967-71-70/4673.2 | Sheath made from plant fiber, wrapped with twisted fiber cordage, hair? |
Knife
|
Australia
| |
| 23-46-70/D1728 | Spinifex fiber bag nets, curran |
Bag
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 2002.1.342 | Cordage bundle, twisted fibers wrapped around leafy center |
Cords
|
Africa?
| |
| 2002.1.470 | Cords; veg. fiber cordage bundle; loosely twisted; knot at one end |
Cords
|
Africa?
| |
| 2003.1.595 | Cords; veg. fiber; twisted cordage; one of ends knotted; some ends frayed |
Cords
|
Africa?
| |
| 00-8-70/55543 | Cordage |
Cords
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55507 | Cocoanut fibre cordage |
Cords
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55530 | Cocoanut cordage |
Cords
|
Wotje Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55468 | Cordage |
Cords
|
Likiep Atoll
| |
| 23-46-70/D1733 | Spinifex plant |
Floral
|
Kimberley
Western Australia |