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Shell and seed necklace

UNKNOWN, Australia
Shell and seed necklace
 (c. 1982)

Medium
shells, seeds, bone, nylon

Measurements
36.0 × 22.5 × 4.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Linda Jackson, 2008

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Northern Territory

Accession Number
2008.530

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

Physical description
Necklace of five strands of shells and seeds twisted together, interspersed with some sections of snake vertebra.

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