Artefacts And Carvings (born 1920)

Riji and Jakoli, incised with traditional designs, attached to a dyed string belt

11.0 cm length

Private collection, Melbourne

Another example of an early pearl shell pendant is held in the collection of Museum Victoria, Melbourne. Collected by William C. Gosse during his nineteenth century explorations of central and western Australia. Ref. Tindale N., & George, B., The Australian Aborigines, Lloyd O’Neil Books, 1979, p. 15