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Woman's mat "ainwra" with string of hair
Object Number 30-54-70/D3463.1
Display Title Woman's mat "ainwra" with string of hair
Descriptions
Object Description Woman's mat "ainwra"
Inventory Description Mats, woven fiber, fan shape, one edge fringed, one mat dark brown stitches
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yolngu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory
Oceania / Australia / Northern Territory / Arnhem Land
Additional Geographic Terms Arnhem Land, Northeast
Materials Plant fiber (leaf); Human hair
Dimensions Overall: 58 × 87 × 0.5 cm (22 13/16 × 34 1/4 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D3463.1
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Peabody Museum Association Fund, 1930
Provenance
Collector W. Lloyd Warner (1929-1930)
Seller W. Lloyd Warner (1930)

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