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Hair string with kangaroo teeth
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Object Number 25-46-70/D2414
Display Title Hair string with kangaroo teeth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, wrapped cord of twisted hair, with resin and animal tooth pendant
Classification
  • Ornament
  • Shaft, modified
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Sunday Island
Additional Geographic Terms King Sound
Materials Tooth, Hair, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 67.6 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm (26 5/8 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D2414
Provenance
Intermediary Mrs. Walter Badenach (1924)
Seller Unknown (1925)

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