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Media Restricted
Object Number
23-46-70/D1745
Display Title
Hair pads, birra-birra
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Hair pad, round flat bundle of twisted and knotted human hair
Classification
- Accessory
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Materials
Human hair
Dimensions
Overall: 22 × 21 × 5 cm (8 11/16 × 8 1/4 × 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D-1745
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/D1745.1 | Hair pads, birra-birra |
Shaft, modified
Cords |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1742.2 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1742.3 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1742.1 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
| 35-50-50/1379 | Circular pads worn around legs to protect leg from leg bells - + |
Accessory
|
Tanganyika
| |
| 49-14-50/7766.1 | 8 medium bearers' head pads made of leaves. Nkata |
Accessory
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7767 | 3 large bearers' head pads made of leaves Nkata |
Accessory
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 49-14-50/7765 | 6 small bearers' head pads. Nkata |
Accessory
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 15-36-10/86312 | Pack saddle pads of canvas stuffed with bunchgrass. |
Land - accessory
Raw Material |
British Columbia
| |
| 49-14-50/7766 | 8 medium bearers' head pads made of leaves. Nkata |
Raw Material
Ornament |
Nyasaland
| |
| 08-36-70/74409 | Head pads, used in carrying burdens |
Headrest
|
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya | |
| 35-111-60/1596 | Samurai armor: shoulder pads |
Shin guard
|
Yokohama?
|