Apron adorner, mid 20th century, collected 1972 ::

Other Title

Girdle

Place where the work was made

Cultural origin

Yagaria people

Dates

mid 20th century
collected 1972

Media categories

Textile , Animal material , Botanical material

Materials used

marsupial fur, yellow orchid stem fibre (Dendrobium), rattan, plant fibre string

Dimensions

127.0 cm length, overall; 63.5 cm length, folded; 11.0 cm width :

0 - Whole, 63.5 cm (25"), length from folded top edge to longest fringe

0 - Whole, 11 cm (4 5/16"), width at top of apron

Credit

Gift of Stan Moriarty 1977

Location

Not on display

Accession number

600.1979

Copyright

Reproduction requests

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Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 May 2014–10 Aug 2014

Natalie Wilson (Editor), Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Sydney, 2014, 126 (colour illus.), 162. cat.no. 71