Woman's mat "ainwra" with string of hair

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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

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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Image Not Available for Woman's mat "ainwra"	30-54-70/D3463.2	Woman's mat "ainwra"	Mat	Arnhem Land Northern Territory
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	40-12-70/1552	Woman's rain cape and sitting mat - large rectangles made of double +	Mat	Bougainville Island
	40-12-70/1554	Woman's rain cape and sitting mat - large rectangles made of double +	Mat	Bougainville Island
	40-12-70/1553	Woman's rain cape and sitting mat - large rectangles made of double +	Mat	Bougainville Island
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	33-32-70/37.3	Mat, woven plant fiber, square, rounded corners, dark and brown borders	Mat	Marshall Islands

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