Pearl shell pendant (Lonka-Lonka) flat
- Made:
- 1880-1920 in Queensland
- maker:
- Arrernte people
Pearl shell pendant (Lonka-Lonka) flat, egg shaped in profile, used as a remedial charm and serves as an ornament, Arunta tribe, Central Australia, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A161795
- Materials:
- pearl and hair, animal ?
- type:
- human remains and pendants
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
