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Object Number
23-46-70/D1740.2
Display Title
Mourning necklace, wailoo or waileroo
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, fiber wrapping, fiber coated in red pigment, twisted hair protruding at ends
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Necklace
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
/
Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of strand doubled): 119.5 × 0.4 × 0.4 cm (47 1/16 × 3/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D-1740 ; D-1740.2
Provenance
Collector
E. Clement
(1922)
Seller
Unknown
(2/26/1923)
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| 23-46-70/D1740.1 | Mourning necklace, wailoo or waileroo |
Necklace
Shaft, modified |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
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| 23-46-70/D1743.1 | Human hair necklace, djuba |
Shaft, modified
Necklace |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
|
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Necklace
Shaft, modified |
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| 08-36-70/74361 | 2 pair reed mourning ear pendants and 1 reed necklace |
Necklace
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Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya | |
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Shaft, modified
Necklace |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
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| 23-46-70/D1743.7 | Human hair necklace, djuba |
Necklace
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
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| 23-46-70/D1743.8 | Human hair necklace, djuba |
Necklace
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
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| 23-46-70/D1743.4 | Human hair necklace, djuba |
Necklace
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
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| 23-46-70/D1743.5 | Human hair necklace, djuba |
Necklace
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
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| 23-46-70/D1743.6 | Human hair necklace, djuba |
Necklace
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
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| 23-46-70/D1743.2 | Human hair necklace, djuba |
Necklace
|
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
|
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| 23-46-70/D1743.3 | Human hair necklace, djuba |
Necklace
|
Western Australia
Kimberley |