Pearl shell pendant
- Made:
- 1880-1920 in Queensland
- maker:
- Arrernte people
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Pearl shell pendant, (Louka-Louka), large flat egg shaped shell with incised geometrical decoration filled in with red on reverse, used as a remedial charm against sickness, Arunta tribe, Queensland, Australia, 1880-1920
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A157955
- Materials:
- shell
- type:
- pendants
- credit:
- Glendining
