This is a ceremonial headdress of the Wangkanguru (Wonkonguru) people, made at an Aboriginal settlement in the north-east of South Australia in about 1921. Its main features are three thick tassels made of rabbit-tail fur attached to string made of kangaroo fur and hair. It is 56 cm long and up to about 34 cm wide.
Credits | Reproduced courtesy of Museum Victoria |
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Creator | Unidentified |
Identifiers | Museum Victoria image number MN 013107 Museum Victoria object registration number X 029874 TLF resource R6688 |
Source | Museum Victoria, http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/ |