Pitt Rivers Museum Anthropology and World Archaology

 

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Rabbit fur string

Australia

 

Thought to have been collected by John Bagot

Given to the Museum in 1902

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Rabbit fur string, Australia

Many cultures have used string to make body ornaments. The string is usually made from plant fibres, but in the case of this object the string is made from rabbit fur. The object was collected in 1902 in the Lake Eyre district of southern Australia.

View database record 1902.49.24