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Object Number
25-46-70/D2415
Display Title
Ball of human hair string
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Cord bundle, twisted hair strands, dark brown
Classification
- Cords
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Sunday Island
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley / Sunday Island
Additional Geographic Terms
King Sound
Materials
Hair
Dimensions
Overall: 11.2 x 4 x 3.8 cm (4 7/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Intermediary
Mrs. Walter Badenach
(1924)
Seller
Unknown
(1925)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-46-70/D2416 | Ball of kangaroo fur string |
Cords
|
Western Australia
Sunday Island | |
| 00-8-70/55676 | Cord of braided human hair |
Cords
|
Kiribati
| |
| 24-48-60/D2338 | Horse hair lines |
Cords
|
Siberia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 30-54-70/D3465.1 | Belt, human hair string |
Belt
Shaft, modified |
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
| 24-48-60/D2209 | Horse hair cord |
Cords
|
Siberia
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 48-1-60/9737 | Strings of twisted hair to enlarge own hair |
Shaft, modified
Adornment |
Anshun
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Coils of human hair: a. twisted fibers, with ochre-color string wrapping at knot
| 975-5-10/52707 | Coils of human hair: a. twisted fibers, with ochre-color string wrapping at knot |
Cave site
| ||
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1745.1 | Hair pads, birra-birra |
Shaft, modified
Cords |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 39-39-50/4111 | Child's string ball ("kwa mpira webirere") |
Cords
Raw Material |
Uganda
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4002 | Skein of human hairstrings |
Shaft, modified
Cords |
Wallal
Western Australia | |
| 15-11-10/A2443 | Hair string |
Hair
|
Burial Cave
| |
| 33-32-70/75 | Neck string |
Cords
|
Gilbert Islands
|