Shell-Ornament "Ridji"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 May 1927
name: label: Donor Name
content: Public Library Museum And Art Gallery, Perth
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Flat piece of shell, oval shape, front covered with incised zig-zag lines filled with red earth. Hole at top, thru which passes a fibre cord." "Worn as pubic-cover by initiated men only." [this info. added to card apparently by Herbert Krieger?, based on handwriting.] "Above identification [of culture on card] as Njigena (Njikena) [i.e. Nyikina] tribe, in [Herbert] Krieger's handwriting, probably incorrect. Derby is in Warwa territory - SR" [Saul Riesenberg].
label: Notes
content: The shell appears to have been carved at the southern end of the carving area - i.e. La Grange - and northern Nyangumarta areas or zone. It would have come into the Derby area via the wunan ceremonial and economic exchange network. - Dr. Kim Akerman 10-26-2007
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Derby, Kimberley (West), Western Australia, Australia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aboriginal Australian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 094717
label: USNM Number
content: E336954-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament