Object

Accession No

1927.1807

Description

Gnunera. A pearl shell pendant belonging to a man of the kangaroo (Yadara) totemic group. It is suspended from a hair (human, kangaroo or wallaby hair).

Place

Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Northwest Western Australia; Cambridge Gulf

Period

Source

Sherwin, Vernon Henry Gough (Rev.) [donor]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

1927.1807

Cultural Affliation

Material

Shell; Pearl Shell; Hair; ?Human Hair; ?Kangaroo Hair; ?Wallaby hair

Local Term

Gnunera

Measurements

30mm x 125mm

Events

Context (Production / use)
Pearl shell pendant belonging to a man of the kangaroo (Yadara) totemic group. It is suspended from a hair (human, kangaroo or wallaby hair). the belt with the pendant is called a " gnunera"
Event Date 1927
Author: rachel hand

Context (Production / use)
Collect in Cambridge Gulf district
Event Date 1927
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Pearl shell pendant suspended from a hair (human, kangaroo or wallaby hair). The belt with the pendant is called a " gnunera"
Event Date 1927
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected and donated by Reverend Vernon Henry Gough Sherwin who worked at the Forrest River mission and the Peel Estate in Western Australia, 1922- 1928
Event Date 3/6/2020
Author: rachel hand

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2022.5345 | Freezing
Event Date 24/5/2022
Author: Kirstie French

Context (Display)
On display in Case 26 (iridescence) in Colour: Art, Science & Power, LKS Gallery, MAA 26 July 2022 - 23 April 2023.
Event Date 26/7/2022
Author: rachel hand

FM:87583