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1933.18.10

Head or neck ornament of kangaroo teeth attached to a circlet of string and fibrework stored in an old Museum display box. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/12/2005]

1933.18.10

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Collection type
Object
Description
Head or neck ornament of kangaroo teeth attached to a circlet of string and fibrework stored in an old Museum display box. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/12/2005]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Western Province Fly River
Person
Field collector Sydney Douglas Burrows
PRM source Mrs M.O. Burrows
PRM source Mrs Gordon Canning
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1933
Date collected
1933
Acquisition information
Donated: 1933
Materials and processes
Material Animal Tooth, Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Material Kangaroo Tooth Animal
Dimensions
Length: max 333 mm box, Width: max 214 mm box
Object numbers
Accession number: 1933.18.10

Search terms: Ornament, Head Ornament, Neck Ornament