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Object Number
26-53-70/D2688
Display Title
Necklace of hair cordage and cypria shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Necklace, multiple strands of twisted dark hair, seventeen brown speckled shells of varying sizes, shells tied to hair with fiber cordage
Classification
- Necklace
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Pidunga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Additional Geographic Terms
near Derby
Materials
Human hair , Fiber , Shell
Dimensions
Overall (hair cordage extended): 102 × 12 × 2.3 cm (40 3/16 × 4 3/4 × 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D-2688
Provenance
Collector
E. Clement
(1926)
Seller
Unknown
(1926)
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