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19th Century Kanagroo tooth necklace
19th Century Kanagroo tooth necklace
This necklace has been constructed by 'cementing' the cord onto each tooth rather than drilling a hole in the tooth for them to be strung together (like the one in our case study).
Woman, Vic, 1868
Woman, Vic, 1868
She wears an ornament made from kangaroo teeth. The photo was taken in 1868. The woman was from a family of high social status. Dawson, an early European pioneer, mentions this same necklace was worn by women in Western Victoria and also by 'chiefs' at corroborees:
The usual necklace is formed from eighty to one hundred kangaroo teeth, tied by their roots to a skin cord.
Headman, Vic, 1881
Headman, Vic, 1881
This is an image of Kaawirn Kuunawarn (Hissing Swan), Headman of the Kirror Wuurong Tribe, Victoria, c.1881.
He wears a kangaroo tooth necklace and is holding a boomerang.
It appears that the necklace is formed in the same way as the other two necklaces in this series.
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