Plaque of pearl shell, ovoid, one surface engraved with geometrical patterns filled in with ?soil or red pigment. Perforated at tapered end with hair cord attached. [ILL [OPS move] 26/10/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Plaque of pearl shell, ovoid, one surface engraved with geometrical patterns filled in with ?soil or red pigment. Perforated at tapered end with hair cord attached. [ILL [OPS move] 26/10/2017]
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia; Northern Territory
Cultural groups: Arrernte
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1930
Date collected: By 1930
Acquisition information: Transferred: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Shell, Material Hair, Material Earth, Material Pigment, Process Incised, Process Perforated, Process Braided, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length: max 151 mm shell, Length: max 300 mm hair string, Width: max 120 mm shell, Depth: max 4 mm shell
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.49.233 Other numbers: R 8937/ 1936

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