Ornament

Pendant

31-33-50

From: Australia | Western Australia | Fitzroy Crossing

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 31-33-50
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Australia | Western Australia | Fitzroy Crossing
Section Oceanian
Materials Pearl Shell | Hair | Pigment
Technique Incised
Description

Oval piece of pearl shell decorated with cross-hatched meanders and leaf (?) shapes, filled with black pigment. Perforated for human hair string (missing). Designs similar to those on 31-33-49, also from Fitzroy Crossing.

Length 6.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from A. E. West, 1931
Other Number 488 - Other Number

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