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Object Number 51-33-70/3223
Display Title Mourning cap made of stone - Murray River type
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hat?, ground white stone, worked concavity at bottom
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia / South Australia
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 13.1 x 17.2 x 16.7 cm (5 3/16 x 6 3/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-33-70/3223; A32464 / ## DATA
Credit Line Exchange with South Australia Museum, 1951
Provenance
Exchange participant Museum of South Australia (6/26/1951)
Intermediary Herbert M. Hale (6/26/1951)
Collector Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition

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